The agency reiterated the urgent need for motorists to strictly obey speed limits across Lagos to prevent further tragedies.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed that two people were killed and two others seriously injured in separate accidents that occurred in the early hours of Monday, December 8, 2025.
The agency reiterated the urgent need for motorists to strictly obey speed limits across Lagos to prevent further tragedies.
In a statement issued by its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA stated that the first accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. at the Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
According to Taofiq, preliminary findings indicated that an unregistered vehicle with two occupants, including the driver, was travelling at what officials described as “an egregiously unlawful and hazardous velocity” before it rammed into a moving, heavily laden trailer.
The impact killed both occupants instantly, while the driver of the trailer fled the scene with the articulated vehicle.
LASTMA’s 24-hour Night-Gang Teams deployed within the Otedola corridor responded swiftly, evacuating the bodies from the main carriageway to prevent secondary crashes and clearing the wreckage from the expressway.
Officers from the Isheri Police Division provided additional security support, while the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SHEMU) evacuated the remains in line with public health protocols.
A second crash occurred at about 5:00 a.m. on the Third Mainland Bridge, near the University of Lagos (UNILAG) waterfront, inward Lagos Island.
Taofiq said the collision, involving an empty tanker and a sachet-water distribution van with a number plate SMK 67 XH, left two people severely injured.
He said personnel of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) provided immediate first aid before conveying the victims to a nearby hospital for further treatment.
Despite the back-to-back incidents, LASTMA noted that its officers remained on the ground to regulate traffic on both corridors, ensuring the safety of motorists and preventing further obstructions.
LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and described the fatalities as “tragic and wholly preventable.”
Bakare-Oki warned that reckless speeding and disregard for road safety regulations continue to cost innocent lives.
He reiterated the agency’s strict enforcement of government-approved speed limits, emphasising that compliance is “indispensable for the preservation of human life and the avoidance of catastrophic avoidable tragedies.”
Bakare-Oki also commended the professionalism and prompt intervention of the agency’s Night-Gang Teams.
He noted that LASTMA’s 24-hour surveillance and rapid-response operations will continue with “unwavering vigour” into the coming year in line with the Lagos State Government’s commitment to public safety and orderly traffic flow.