A total 458 people died in 7,341 road traffic accidents recorded during the fourth quarter of 2016.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says this is compared to 444 people who died during the same period in 2015.
Ms Katongo says 1,479 people were seriously injured in during the fourth quarter of 2016 as compared to 1,032 in the same period in 2015 representing an increase of 447 people injured.
Esther Mwaata ZPShe says of the 7,341 accidents, 386 were fatal accidents, 769 serious 1,373 slight accidents, while 4,813 were recorded as damages only.
Ms Katongo says 1,901 people were slightly injured in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 1,778 in the same period in 2015 representing an increase of 123 people.
Ms. Katongo says Lusaka recorded the highest number of accidents at 3,984, from which 122 people died, with 267 sustaining serious injuries followed by Copperbelt which had 1,047 with 61 deaths, while Luapula recorded the lowest number with160 accidents resulting in 16 deaths.
She points out that most of the accidents that happened during the year 2016 were attributed to human error as a result of excessive speed, misjudging clearance distance, failing to keep to the near side and cutting in.
Ms. Katongo has since appealed to all road users to adhere to traffic rules and regulations in order to reduce the number of traffic accidents on the roads.
Traffic accidents are synonymous with bad roads.
But like I said before dying is also part of nature to equalise the human life equilibrium.
Where do you stand ?
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The solution is simple….FIRE Zindaba Soko, the chap is ignorant and does not understand road safety.
The major “culprit” goes unmentioned. While we are seeing an increase in the number of vehicles there’s no corresponding increase in the expansion of road infrastructure. An AADT on Kabwe-Kapiri road will show us that this road (as is the case across the country) is inadequate to carry the traffic it is exposed to. For as long as the infrastructure issue is not addressed these accidents will continue.
Does RDA & RTSA even have a database for our infrastructure?
Work on roads you just fondle of counting on how many people died last year and the other year?
Mushota a dog thinks better than you at times
Comment: Dying not good at all………..please people observe traffic rules and have prayers always B4 u hit the Road.Thanks
Better for the accidents to happen in the tutemba on Lusaka road to teach these monkeys a lesson that the road is not a safe place for trading.
For sure you can not just be counting the ?adetefafication of the course is more significant.