Behind every road traffic crash statistic, there are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, grandchildren, colleagues, classmates and friends whose lives are changed forever. For every severe crash, survivors, relatives and friends can suffer physical, psychological, emotional and economic devastation. To those numbers of over 1,690 people that died due to road traffic accidents last year, there are over 1,690 corresponding families that had to face the devastating grief with many lives being affected.Despite the road safety profile of the country improving, there is still more that needs to be done to reduce the numbers to zero accident rate. Therefore, our first thought when discussing road safety should be the over 1, 000 plus people that die from road traffic accidents each year. As road users, we need to put a face to these figures and begin to act now and stop the scourge. The fate of accident victims need to take center […]
FACES BEHIND THE FIGURES OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: EMBRACING ROAD SAFETY AS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
