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The Zambia Police Service has reported a decrease in road traffic accidents (RTAs) during the second quarter of this year, recording a total of 9,035 incidents compared to 9,679 in the same period last year.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Danny Mwale, disclosed that out of these accidents, 469 were fatal, resulting in 600 deaths.
Additionally, 1,570 injuries were reported from 876 injury-related RTAs.
Mwale further detailed that 2,760 individuals sustained minor injuries in 1,896 slight injury accidents, while 5,794 RTAs were classified as damage-only accidents.
Providing regional breakdowns, Mwale stated that Lusaka recorded the highest number of RTAs with 4,924 incidents, followed by the Copperbelt with 1,156 and Central Province with 795 accidents.
Southern Province recorded 496 RTAs, North-Western 423, Eastern 324, Luapula 270, Muchinga 255, Western 205, and Northern Province 187.
Comparing to the same period in 2023, Mwale noted that 525 fatalities occurred in 421 fatal RTAs, with 1,604 people seriously injured in 919 incidents.
Mwale emphasized that the police impounded 12,060 motor vehicles during the quarter, with 512 drivers found to be unlicensed.
He highlighted that K15,957,740 was collected as admission of guilt fines, slightly lower than the K15,106,514 collected during the same period in 2023.
He attributed the majority of accidents to low compliance levels among motorists, motorcyclists, and other road users.
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