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Chapter 6 - Economic Cost of Road Crashes in Africa

Chapter 6 - Economic Cost of Road Crashes in Africa 6.1 Introduction

As part of the recent project undertaken on behalf of the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), mentioned earlier in this report, it was estimated that the global cost of road crashes in 1999 was in excess of US $500...

Chapter 4 - Trends in Fatalities and Licensed Vehicles

Chapter 4 - Trends in Fatalities and Licensed Vehicles

Trends in the number of fatalities, vehicles and also population over the period 1985/86 to 1995/96 are given in Appendix B.

4.1 Trends in fatalities

Figures 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 to 4.4. show the year to year values of deaths in the...

Chapter 8 - Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 8 - Conclusions and Recommendations

The objective of this study was to analyse existing data and information on the road safety situation in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify the data gaps and priority needs. Based on the poor response received from an earlier survey...

Table 5.2 Road fatality by casualty class

Table 5.2 Road fatality by casualty class

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Year Fatalities Pedestrians Bicyclists Motorcyclists Drivers Passengers No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Botswana 1998 465...

Appendix D Contact Database

Appendix D Contact Database

As outlined in the terms of reference, a database of contacts throughout Sub Saharan has been provided by the research team and is given in appendix 4. Of the 42 countries included in the study, information is provided on 41 the exception being Somalia....

Appendix C: Literature Review

Appendix C: Literature Review 1 Introduction

This literature review of road safety in Africa has been organised by the main road safety sectors. South Africa's references were provided by TRL's local counterpart, the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa...