Police recorded 197 road traffic accidents during this year’s Christmas holiday.
Out of the 197 accidents recorded countrywide, 22 were fatal in which 23 persons died, 21 were serious road traffic accidents in which 32 persons sustained serious injuries, 41 were recorded as slight road traffic accidents in which 58 persons were slightly injured and 113 were recorded as damages only accidents.
Lusaka Province recorded the highest number with 71 road traffic accidents, followed by Copperbelt Province with 33, Central recorded 20, Western Province 18 , Eastern recorded 15 , Southern had 11 as well as Luapula Province while North-Western recorded 7. Northern Province recorded 6 while Muchinga Province had 5 accidents
In comparison with the previous Christmas holiday (2021) where we recorded 152 road traffic accidents, this year’s Christmas holiday shows an increase by 45 accidents.
During the same period in 2021, 16 were recorded as fatal road traffic accidents in which 17 persons died as compared to 22 fatal road traffic accidents recorded this year where 23 lost their lives. The records show an increase by six.
The Christmas holiday of the year 2021, we recorded 14 serious injury road traffic accidents in which 19 persons sustained serious injuries as compared to 21 serious injury road traffic accidents where 32 persons were seriously injured this year.
The figures show an increase in both serious injury road traffic accidents and persons seriously injured by 14 and 13 respectively.
We recorded 28 road traffic accidents as slight injury road traffic accidents in 2021 where 33 persons were slightly injured as compared to 41 slight injury road traffic accidents in which 58 persons were slightly injured this year.
The figures show an increase in both slight road traffic accidents and in persons slightly injured by 13 and 25 respectively.
Ninety-four were recorded as damage only road traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday of 2021 as compared to 113 damages only road traffic accidents recorded in the same period in 2022.
The figures show an increase in damage only road traffic accidents by 19.
Road traffic accidents have increased from 152 during Christmas holiday of 2021 to 197 recorded in the same period this year.
This is attributed to the reduction in compliance levels by most of the road users.
