1 800 die yearly from road accidents: Mhona

AT least 1 800 people die every year from an estimated 35 000 road accidents recorded in the country each year, Transport minister Felix Mhona has said.

“According to available statistics in Zimbabwe, over 35 000 crashes occur annually, an average of at least five people are killed every day and over 1 800 people die every year,” Mhona told delegates at the inland Transport Committee Forum for Road Safety High Level event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

“We are currently reviewing our policies and laws with a view to strengthen the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe into a leading road traffic management agency with the powers to enforce road traffic safety management through co-ordination and robust regulation of the road traffic actors.”

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