The past few weeks have been worryingly dangerous on African roads, from East to West Africa with at least 48 people being killed in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria in recent road accidents.
CGTN’S Kelechi Emekalam has more on this worrying road carnage.
A report titled “the Global Status on Road Safety” published in 2015 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes, despite improvements in road safety.
Good news is that countries have been taking measures to make their roads safer. More countries have aligned at least one of their laws with best practice on seat-belts, drink–driving, speed, motorcycle helmet or child restraints, a report on Kenya’s Daily Nation notes.
The WHO report reveals that globally:
- 105 countries have good seat-belt laws that apply to all occupants;
- 47 countries have good speed laws defining a national urban maximum speed limit of 50 km/h and empowering local authorities to further reduce speed limits;
- 34 countries have a good drink–driving law with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit of less than or equal to 0.05 g/dl as well as lower limits of less than or equal to 0.02 g/dl for young and novice drivers.
