Tag Archives: road accidents

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda registered a 16.9 percent increase in road accidents in 2022, a new police report said on Wednesday. According to the Annual Crime Report 2022, the country registered 20,394 cases of road accidents in 2022 compared to 17,443 registered the previous year. Out of every …

Police records 2000 road accidents and over 250 dead in three months Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In a shocking wave of road crash events, a Spanish photojournalist, a Swedish diplomat and a young lady looking forward to her wedding have all perished on Uganda’s roads in recent days, …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city have raised concern over the current increase in the number of road accidents which have claimed the lives of six people in just one week. While speaking to our reporter today in an exclusive interview, Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 43 people are recorded to have died through road accidents in Mbale city in less than one year. Records show that from the month of January to date, 43 people have died as a result of accidents. In January for instance, 7 people …

Police use second-hand information by witnesses to collect data on accidents which has limitations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study on the road safety on Uganda’s road accidents shows a mismatch between the death numbers reported by the police and those compiled from an independent study by Makerere University School of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Truck drivers have urged the Uganda police to conduct regular mental tests for drivers in order to reduce road accidents. At least 3,663 people were killed in road accidents in 2020, according to traffic police. Drivers under their umbrella body, Haulage Trucker Drivers Association …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Despite the restricted movement of vehicles and motorcycles during Covid-19 lockdown, 3,663 people died in road accidents. The road safety and traffic report shows 1,146 out of 3,663 people killed in road accidents were motorcyclists. This translates to ten road fatalities per day. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With only four days left to the lifting of the ban on the movement of private cars, the Joint Security Taskforce has warned drivers against bringing back vehicles that are in dangerous mechanical condition. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The reduction in the number of people who die in Uganda due to road accidents could reduce if road users have respect for one another, new traffic director, Bazir Mugisha has said. In an interview with Uganda Radio Network (URN), Mugisha says his biggest …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been advised to establish a special unit for handling victims of road accidents and managing post-accident scenes. The call was made by the Uganda Professional Drivers Network and the World Health Organisation, during activities to mark the World Day of Remembrance …