In an effort to reduce increasing number of road\naccidents affecting boda-boda operators and passengers, International Medical\nCentre has joined hands with Uganda Police Force to address the increasing\ncauses of road accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ncampaign was launch by Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Commander SSP. Norman\nMusinga and Dr. Ian Clarke, Chairman Board of Directors at International\nMedical Group at IMC Kitgum house and thereafter a road safety sensitization\nsession with the boda-boda operators was conducted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to\nthe Ministry of works and transport report published in 2017, at least 10\npeople die in road accidents everyday with boda-boda riders named as the\nleading causes and most of them being head on collusion. Statistics from\nDepartment of Traffic Police also indicates that more than 24,352\nmotorcyclists, passengers and pedestrians were seriously injured in boda-boda\naccidents between 2015 and 2018 with Kampala topping the list of over 16,000\ncasualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Joel Oroni, the General Manager International\nMedical Centre says the health sector has always been at the end of the road\nsafety channel, treating causalities from road accidents. Currently, the Public\nHealth System is overwhelmed with road traffic crashes which now is listed\namong the 10 top leading causes of hospital deaths in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is\nthis alarming rates of motorists involvement in accidents that drove our desire\nto carry out a road safety campaign with the aim of sensitizing boda-boda operators\nacross all IMC Clinic stages with safer road usage tips and also provide them\nwith road safety gears (Helmets and reflector jackets) to use while on the\nroad\u201d Mr. Oroni urged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding\nthat, the campaign will take place for a period of three months and we have\nstarted engagement with IMC Kitgum House bodabodas and we hope to do the same\nacross throughout the country, He Said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SSP. Norman\nMusinga, Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Commander said that \u201cBoda-boda crashes\naccount for the highest number of victims of road carnage. Motorcycle\nfatalities between 2011 and 2016 doubled from 570 to 1,170 deaths, representing a 51.3% increase in the\nfive-year period\u201d He explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoad carnage\ndoes not affect riders and passengers but also pedestrians. Today, Pedestrians\nremain the most vulnerable road users, constituting 40% of the victims\u201d said\nMr. Kasiima. Adding that in 2016, 1354 pedestrians lost their lives as they\nwere knocked down on their way to school, work, and market among other places, He\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traffic\ngaps such as poor\/damaged and narrow road, congestion in the city and limited\ntraining by drivers, and reckless driving among others need to be addressed. This\nwould greatly reduce number of fatalities, loss of property and the public\nhealth burden associated with traffic injuries. The WHO Global Status Reporton\nRoad Safety placed Uganda among the 20 worst performing countries in the world\nwith a fatality rate at 27.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In an effort to reduce increasing number of road accidents affecting boda-boda operators and passengers, International Medical Centre has joined hands with Uganda Police Force to address the increasing causes of road accidents. The campaign was launch by Kampala Metropolitan Traffic Commander SSP. Norman Musinga and Dr. Ian Clarke, Chairman Board of Directors at International […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":10135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n