The statistics were unveiled during the launch of road safety week in Rubavu district.
The week-long nationwide campaign targets various groups including drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, students and pedestrians to equip them with traffic rules and regulations tips and the overall road safety standards.
Speaking with IGIHE, the spokesperson for Traffic and Road Safety department, SSP Ndushabandi said that “Road accidents claimed 138 lives and injured 246. From those, 53 lives were lost from Taxi-moto accidents, injuring 111 people.”
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) in charge of Administration and Personnel, Juvenal Marizamunda requested motorists to ensure discipline while on duty, so to prevent the loss of lives.
“Most of the accidents are caused by technical faults and are avoidable if drivers respected traffic rules.” He said
Statistics also indicate that fatalities caused by public services vehicles and trucks reduced to 40 per cent and 23 percent, respectively in the last four months compared to the same period last year.
The reduction, according to Commissioner of Police (CP) Rafiki Mujiji, doesn’t call for celebrations calling for responsiveness to prevent loss of even a single life to recklessness of motorists.
Speaking on thursday, during a consultative meeting between RNP, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) and owners or heads of transport companies, CP Mujiji appealed to owners and managers of transport companies to take an upper hand to ensure the behavior and discipline of their drivers on roads, and take action against errand members.
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