UNDOUBTEDLY, road transport remains the largest and main mode of transportation in Zambia with a total road network of over 67, 000 kilometres. As a major transport network, it serves an array of purposes for both travelers and transportation of goods and products. Travellers and transport operators rely heavily on the road network to transport people, goods and products from one place to the other with an overage of over 7, 000 vehicles traversing the highways on a daily basis. The pressures on these roads often results in road traffic crashes.This suggests more road usage in Zambia than any other transport mode, but there are limited alternatives. However, safety on the roads has become a major challenge in the country.Globally, road safety is being tackled as a public health and developmental issue which Zambia is no exception. There is urgent need to attract the attention of all road safety stakeholders to share the burden of road […]
ROAD SAFETY: A SHARED AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
