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Road safety in Kenya
Between 3000 and 13 000 Kenyans lose their lives in road traffic crashes every year. The majority of these people are vulnerable road users – pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists. In addition, nearly one-third of deaths are among passengers – many of whom are killed in unsafe forms of public transportation.
Road safety in Tanzania
By Elias Mhegera and Asha Abinallah
It is now becoming a common phenomenon to hear of a fatal road accident in every month in Tanzania. Researches by an NGO, Amend.Org have proved that 3.4 percent of Tanzanians die in road accidents in a year, 75 percent of those stems from reckless driving.
According to statistics by the Traffic Wing of the Tanzania Police Force, there were 3,969 deaths in 2012, while in 4,002 were recorded in 2013 and 3,760 in 2014.
Concerning a number of accidents; a total number of 23,578 in 2012, to be followed by 23,842 in 2013, while there was a slight drop to 14,360 in 2014, at least showing the picture of the last three years.
In March 11, at least 42 people died instantly in the Southern Highland Region of Iringa after a container carrier lorry collided with a passenger bus in an attempt to overtake each other.
This then make experts in the transportation sector to advice Tanzanians to take driving as a serious profession rather than a mere career for no-employed people. Amongst them is mechanical engineer Mr. Charles Kisunga, head of transport, safety and environmental studies at the National Institute of Transport (NIT).
“It is strange that people are not taking driving seriously, and since anyone can sit behind the wheel there is an exaggeration that they are drivers,” he lamented. He boasts that his institution the NIT has played its duty well, what remains is the government portion to monitor drivers, their practice and integrity as road users. He elucidated the main causes of road accidents as tiredness, drunkenness, poor driving schooling, outdated infrastructure, and at times it is passengers who pressurize drivers to travel at a high speed.
Some drivers over boast themselves that they are experienced enough so no one can control them or tell them which speed to pursue. While a good number of them does not have defensive driving techniques.
“With defensive driving a driver knows beforehand how to tackle a driving challenge whenever they are overwhelmed with tiredness and they cannot avoid an obstacle in the road,” he commented.
Another challenge is an importation of substandard vehicles. Some have very nice bodies outside but their mechanisms are outdated and already exhausted. It is because some transporters go for cheap things which offset the security elements.