Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport is now appealing for support from the public to reduce traffic accident deaths by at least half by 2030.
This is one of the new approaches that Uganda has decided to employ having performed poorly in the first UN-supported global resolution to half the deaths by 2020. Globally, road traffic crashes are the 18th leading cause of death, with more than 1.35 million deaths and up to a 50million injuries recorded every year according to the Global status report on road safety.