Road crashes are disproportionately high in Africa compared to other regions of the world. The continent loses annually over 300,000 people through road crashes, even though its countries are witnessing the lowest levels of motorization in the world.
It has the world’s highest estimated road traffic fatality rate of 26.6 road deaths per 100,000 population compared to 17.0 in South-east Asia, a world average of 17.5, and 9.3 per 100,000 population in Europe.
Thirty-eight percent of all African road traffic fatalities occur among pedestrians while 43 percent occur among car occupants. These average figures mask the wide variation among countries on the continent with many of them recording a higher share of pedestrian deaths as a percentage of total deaths. For instance, up to 46 percent of road traffic deaths in Kenya occur among pedestrians. Motorized 2-3 wheelers and cyclists account for 7 percent and 5 percent of Africa’s traffic deaths respectively. A significant proportion of road fatalities on the continent occur in urban areas. In Uganda, for example, 44 percent of all crashes and 19 percent of all fatalities in 2016 occurred in Kampala.
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Presentations
ARSO Side-Event Meeting
- Progress Report of the First Generation of Workplan (2018-2021) - Duncan Kibogong, ARSO TSC Member, Kenya
- Progress Report and Work Plan - Eric Ntagengerwa, Ag Head of Transport and Mobility, African Union Commission
Session 1
- Road safety and digitalization in Africa: an overview
- Vers une mobilite intelligente au Maroc - Mme. BOUCETTA Lalla Bahija, Directrice des Transports Routiers
- Use of drone’s technologies and other features for accident prevention - Luca Persia
- Digitalisation de l'épreuve pratique de l'examen d'obtention de permis de conduite
Session 2
- Toward Smart Government - Agence de Développement du Digital
- Africa’s Digital Transformation Strategy (DTS) - Eng. Eric Ntagengerwa, Ag Head of Transport and Mobility, African Union Commission
- Traitement automatisé des Infractions au code de la route - Pôle Sécurité de la Conduite et des Véhicules, Centre National de traitement des Infractions
- Mobilizing Private Capital for Road Safety - Veronica I. Raffo, Program Leader Infrastructure, World Bank Group
Session 3
- African experiences in the use of digitalization for road safety: the case of Côte d'Ivoire
- Expériences à travers l'Afrique dans l'utilisation de la digitalisation pour la sécurité routière: Expérience de la Narsa
- Experience Across Africa in the Use of Digitilsation for Road Safety: Experience for Uganda
- Au service de la Sécurité et de la Gestion du transport routier - Ym@ne Driver
Session 4
