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The number of road accidents every year only implies over 2000 deaths, due to reckless driving by undisciplined passenger service vehicle drivers.
These PSV drivers include taxi drivers, bus drivers, errant bodaboda riders, as well as careless pedestrians.
According to Uganda Road Safety Initiative, Uganda has one of the worst road safety records in the whole world.
In Uganda today, accidents are one of the leading causes of deaths, competing with HIV/AIDS and malaria. This makes Uganda’s road network one of the most unsafe in the world.
Hospitals themselves are overwhelmed by the number of accident victims every day, especially bodaboda riders. Hospitals admit up to 200 victims on a daily basis in national hospitals alone.
Paul Kavuma, the CEO of Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) closed the four-day workshop recently.
At the workshop, he explained that the training came as part of their mandate as an association to champion road safety.
He said they intend to work with police, more especially the community liaison and the traffic officers. This is because these are the immediate responders at accident scenes.
‘’If we can equip them with skills and tools to facilitate accident victims, then we are sure to have a much better smooth process in terms of documentation and details of an accident even for the victim claims,’’ he said.
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