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Africa: Road Traffic Deaths Rise in the African Region, but Down Globally, WHO Report
WHO-AFRO, 16 July 2024
Road traffic death rates in the past decade have increased significantly in the African region, with almost 250 000 lives lost on the continent's roads in 2021 alone. Conversely,… Read more »
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Africa: How African Countries Can Halve Road Accidents By 2030
Africa Renewal, 10 July 2024
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety Jean Todt says education and effective policies are key Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Fatal Kombi Crash Claims Four Lives On Harare-Mutare Road
263Chat, 10 July 2024
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed a devastating road accident that claimed the lives of four individuals and left ten others injured earlier today. Read more »
Can Policies Help Africa Halve Road Deaths by 2030?
To halve road accidents by 2030, African countries must focus on education and effective policies, according to Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Road Safety.
Todt said that it is important to integrate road safety into broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and urges increased efforts to enhance safety measures. He urged the importance of making roads safer for vulnerable users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, through policies that promote walking, cycling, and public transport.
The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 from the World Health Organization (WHO) on road safety, found that Africa remains the region the most affected by this tragedy. According to the WHO report, the number of victims on African roads continues to grow with a mortality rate of 19 out of 100,000 people.
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Can Africa Change Course on Road Accidents?, 2024-07-11
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Africa's rapid urbanization and economic growth bring increased traffic, but at what cost? Road accidents are the leading cause of death in Africa, claiming countless lives each year. see more »
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Zimbabwe: Drive Responsibly - Reducing Road Accidents Is Everyone's Business
The Herald, 29 April 2024
The alarming increase in road traffic accidents across our nation in recent months has underscored a critical need for comprehensive action and heightened awareness around road… Read more »
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Malawi: Malawi Registers Record High Road Accidents During 60th Independence Commemoration
Nyasa Times, 9 July 2024
A record high number of road accidents have been registered during this years 60th independence celebrations compared to those that were registered during the same period in 2023,… Read more »
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South Africa: 12 Schoolchildren and Driver Killed in Fiery Crash
DW, 10 July 2024
Local education officials said 12 children from two schools in Gauteng province were killed. The incident took place as the children were being driven to school. Read more »
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Ghana: 609 Die in Road Crashes 1st Quarter 2024
Ghanaian Times, 19 April 2024
At least 609 people died nationwide in road crashes during the first quarter of this year, as against 553 deaths recorded last year, within the same period. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: We All Have to Stop Driving Badly If We Want to Live
The Herald, 1 May 2024
It keeps happening, with 16 people killed and another 40 injured on Friday last week when a Mercedes Benz Sprinter kombi carrying a group of worshippers from the Angels Family… Read more »
InFocus
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There has been an escalation of fatal accidents in Uganda this festive season. In a bid to curb rampant road accidents during this period, the government recently Read more »
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Another deadly accident was recorded in Senegal on January 16 in the Louga region, in the north of the country. Reports indicate 20 people were killed and 23 others injured. This ... Read more »
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The bus was headed to an Easter weekend church service in Moria from Botswana when it veered off the road between the towns of Marken and Mokopane in the northern province of ... Read more »
Road accident scene where at least 20 people were injured and one person was killed in a head-on collision on the R54 between Fochville and Potchefstroom (file photo).
