Targeting High-risk Roads in Uganda

In a country where 15 pedestrians and 20 car occupants are killed or seriously injured each day, improving the safety of Uganda's roads is an imperative.

The iRAP team has begun a safety survey of 2440km of roads that provide vital economic and trade links with Kenya, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and major oil developments. The roads being assessed account for 15% of the nation's paved road network.

iRAP Uganda is a collaboration with the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Automobile Association of Uganda (AA). Training for the iRAP the survey team, which includes four UNRA engineers and a senior manager, was completed in July.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently reported that 47% of people killed in road crashes in Uganda are car occupants; 35% are pedestrians; 10% are cyclists and 7% are motorcyclists.

August 2009.