Trend analysis of road accident outcomes associated with enhanced traffic police enforcement during Operation Fika Salama (OFS) along Kampala-Masaka road.
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Date
2019
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SPEED Initiative
Abstract
To date, sub Saharan Africa has one of the worst road injury
rates in the world of which, Uganda has one of the worst
RTA injury rates (WHO 2018). In Uganda, about 3500
people die due to road traffic accidents (RTAs) and over
12,000 others sustain non-fatal injuries in road accidents
every year (UNECE 2018). Since 2011, the national road
mortality rate has grown by 29 % per 100,000 and has
plateaued at over 3000 deaths per year in the last five
years (GSRRS 2018). Consequently, this led to over 5.7
RTA hospital admissions per day (UBOS 2016; Uganda
Traffic Police Reports 2015; 2018).