AFRICANS are 2.5 times as likely to be killed in a road accident as Europeans, yet nobody knows precisely why, or quite how to cut the appalling death toll.
In Europe, the road traffic mortality rate is 11.0 per 100,000 people per year, compared with 28.3 in Africa. Part of the problem is thought to be the large volume of “incompatible” traffic types – pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes, cars and trucks – forced to share roads that are too close to housing, and have no sidewalks. Failure to use seat belts, and alcohol abuse by all types of road users probably…
