73 died last week in road crashes – Police

By Ben Musanje

16^th May 2022

A total of 411 accidents were registered last week of May 8-15, 2022 across the country involving 437 victims of which 73 died. 

Faridah Nampiima, the Traffic Police Spokesperson says that out of the 411 registered accidents, 49 were fatal, 237 were serious while 123 were minor, all involving 437 victims of which 73 died and 364 injured.

Among the accidents registered last week was one which occurred in Bukomansimbi district on Saturday May 14th, 2022  involving a FUSO Canter registration number UAX 226U that overturned while carrying market vendors from Nyendo-Masaka where 8 people died and 27 sustained injuries and rushed to various hospitals.

Nampiima says that the investigations into the exact cause of this accident indicate that it was due to over speeding and overloading yet the driver who was hired on that very day to transport the vendors was not experienced enough to drive on that road.

Meanwhile, Nampiima appealed to drivers to first check the mechanical condition of their vehicles before putting them on the road following over six accidents registered last week that occurred due to tyre busts and poor mechanical condition of the vehicles.