In Nigeria, when a truck or car hits pedestrians or public gatherings, causing injury or death, the incident is almost reflexively classified as a “road accident.” In some cases, families of victims are often compensated by truck owners or drivers’ employers; police file routine crash reports; and life moves on as if the deaths were unfortunate but singular events. Even fatalities involving dozens of people are folded into annual road crash statistics without further investigation into motive or pattern. This approach obscures a critical question: what if some of these events are not random tragedies but indicative of a deeper pattern of vehicle-into-people violence?