2024-09-17 09:51:00
September 17, 2024
Tanzania has launched a new Road Safety Plan that will be implemented over the next three years and includes the improvement of road infrastructure. The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries caused by road accidents.
In the presentation of the new program, the Vice President of Tanzania, Phillip Mpango, showed that the poor road infrastructure can be part of the problem in at least 16% of the road accidents that the country suffers and that, if we do not done in time And maintaining the current trend, road accidents could become the main cause of death in Tanzania by 2030.
According to police data, from 2022 to 2023, deaths caused by traffic accidents increased by 6.6%, while the number of injuries also grew: from 2,278 in 2022 to 2,716 injuries in 2023.
The measures planned in the new plan are in line with those used in the Safe Plan Method and include, among others, the identification of “black spots” on the most dangerous roads and action on these spots and the review of current report. law.
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