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Africa Road Safety Week

11/19/2018

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Road Safety Week runs from November 17th to November 23th. It is an annual event and the biggest road safety awareness event. According to World Health Organization (WHO), rank Road accidents as 8th among the leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 1.2 million lives lost every year. Majority 60 percent of the accidents occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 Yesterday Rwanda joined the rest of the continent to mark the annual Africa Road Safety Day. It was held​under the theme “Road Safety is a concern for us all.” The day coincided with 

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Nyarugenge and Regional driving schools got teaching session on road safety and First Aid

11/8/2018

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​According to World Health Organisation every year the lives of more than 1.25 million people are cut short as result of road traffic crash. Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as result of their injury. The latest data published in Rwanda showed that road traffic accidents death reached 3,815 or 6.16 of total deaths. The death rate is 46.59 per 100,000 of population ranks Rwanda as third

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