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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2021:
Sierra Leone’s Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) yesterday Wednesday, published its Annual Road Crash Data for the year 2020 at its headquarters in Freetown.
Presenting the alarming data on the number of people who died last year in road accidents, Research and Development Manager – Mr. Ambrose Tucker said that a total of 867 people died in 2020 out of a total of 2,763 accidents.
He added that out of these, 501 were adult male, 334 were adult female and 32 were children.
Mr. Tucker also said that a total of 770 people were seriously injured while 834 suffered slight injuries from those accidents in 2020.
Tucker noted that in 2019, 519 people including children lost their lives in road accidents, compared to 867 reported last year.