adminon the country’s roads.
In a statement last week, TSCZ said deaths, injuries and disabilities due to road traffic accidents were increasing.
“Unless drastic measures are taken to counter the trend, road traffic will continue to increase over the next three decades and make road traffic crashes the eighth leading cause of death by the year 2030,” reads the statement in part.
Globally, each year road traffic accidents kill nearly 1,2 million people and injure over 50 million people.
The TSCZ said men were more at risk of dying accounting for 75 percent of such traffic fatalities among those under the age of 25.
“The young road users most likely to be involved in the crashes are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, passengers and drivers of private and public motor vehicles,
“The death of young road users has devastating impact on families and communities,” reads part of the statement.
The TSCZ argued that road traffic accidents were predictable and could be prevented.
“Reduction in the number of crashes and the frequency and severity of traffic related injuries can be achieved by addressing issues of speed, alcohol consumption and the use of seatbelts.
“Other restraints ensuring greater visibility of people walking and cycling, improving the designs of roads and vehicles, enforcing road safety regulations and improving emergency response services are also helpful,” said the TSCZ.
The TSCZ in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO) will on May 11 launch a Decade of Action for Road Safety that will focus on taking action in building road safety management capacity and upgrading the safety of road infrastructure.
More than 84 lives were lost during the Easter Holiday while 536 people were injured in a total of 497 accidents, which occurred nationwide.
Misjudgment, vehicle defects, drunken driving and speeding were the main cause of the accidents.
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