Combined forces key to halting road crashes

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona says road traffic accidents in the country are claiming at least five lives per day, resulting in an average loss of US$406 million a year.

Mhona last week told the Senate during a question and answer session that a number of accidents involved unregistered vehicles or those without valid permits, an issue he is working to address with the police.

“We are losing close to 2 000 lives per annum in terms of fatalities which is not sustainable and when it comes to the monetary element, we are losing close to US$406 million per year towards fatalities, injuries, hospitalisation and even causing unnecessary burden to beneficiaries,” he said.

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