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Zimbabwe has the highest road crash mortality rate among its neighbours averaging 35 per 100 000. This was highlighted in a recently released "World Health Organisation (WHO) Road Safety Performance Review".
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 January 2021) According to national statistics, road traffic deaths in Ethiopia more than doubled between 2007 and 2018, rising from 2,161 to 4,597. Ethiopia loses 13 people per day, or one person every two hours, to road traffic crashes. Given the magnitude of the road safety challenge, which constitutes a major burden on the social, economic and health sectors, more attention needs to be channelled to appropriate interventions, according to the United Nations Road Safety Performance Review launched today. The review, supported by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety and conducted by the United Nations Economic Commissions for Africa (UNECA) and Europe (UNECE) at the request of the government, provides a holistic assessment of the country’s road safety situation and pinpoints concrete measures to save lives. “With so many lives lost on the roads of Ethiopia, we cannot continue with business as usual. I call on the gove