As more used vehicles are imported into Africa likewise vehicle ownership also increases; as a result of this, high rate of road traffic accident is undoubtedly very high. This is even worst among commercial motorcycle operators in some countries in Africa e.g. Nigeria; Tanzania etc
For instance, The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) in South Africa, an agency responsible for road safety administration in South Africa, shows in its annual report for the year 2014 to 2015 that more than 4,500 people died on road accidents.
More so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) reports show that more than 1 in 4 traffic accident deaths in Africa occur on Nigeria roads.
However, as a result of high rate of accident in Africa and the consequences thereof, hence, in May, 2014 WHO published the death rate per 100,000 and the rank of each country in the world.
Here below are the death rate & the ranking:
WORLD RANKING OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN AFRICA
Death Rate per 100,000
| S/N |
REGION RANK |
RATE |
WORLD RANK |
| 1. |
Uganda |
37.14 |
7 |
| 2. |
Burkina Faso |
36.56 |
8 |
| 3. |
Nigeria |
35.39 |
9 |
| 4. |
Angola |
34.96 |
10 |
| 5. |
Guinea Bissau |
34.37 |
11 |
| 6. |
Mauritania |
33.75 |
13 |
| 7. |
Comoros |
32.52 |
15 |
| 8. |
Mali |
32.49 |
16 |
| 9. |
Sudan |
31.13 |
18 |
| 10. |
Niger |
30.59 |
20 |
| 11. |
Tanzania |
29.12 |
21 |
| 12. |
Eritrea |
27.94 |
22 |
| 13. |
Sierra Leone |
27.40 |
25 |
| 14. |
Benin |
27.30 |
26 |
| 15. |
Chad |
27.04 |
27 |
| 16. |
Zambia |
26.51 |
29 |
| 17. |
Lesotho |
25.94 |
30 |
| 18. |
Liberia |
25.48 |
31 |
| 19. |
Senegal |
25.47 |
32 |
| 20. |
Kenya |
25.11 |
35 |
| 21. |
South Africa |
24.64 |
37 |
| 22. |
Ghana |
24.60 |
38 |
| 23. |
Gambia |
24.55 |
39 |
| 24. |
Cote D’ivoire |
24.51 |
40 |
| 25. |
Rwanda |
24.06 |
43 |
| 26. |
Madagascar |
23.43 |
44 |
| 27. |
Namibia |
22.82 |
47 |
| 28. |
DR Congo |
22.53 |
48 |
| 29. |
Mozambique |
22.23 |
51 |
| 30. |
Malawi |
22.12 |
52 |
| 31. |
Botswana |
22.04 |
53 |
| 32. |
Djibouti |
21.90 |
54 |
| 33. |
Burundi |
21.83 |
56 |
| 34. |
South Sudan |
21.80 |
57 |
| 35. |
Somalia |
21.65 |
58 |
| 36. |
Camerom |
21.27 |
60 |
| 37. |
Gabon |
21.23 |
61 |
| 38. |
Guinea |
20.33 |
66 |
| 39. |
Ethiopia |
20.16 |
68 |
| 40. |
Cape Verde |
20.06 |
69 |
| 41. |
Swaziland |
18.31 |
79 |
| 42. |
Togo |
18.03 |
81 |
| 43. |
Congo |
17.53 |
82 |
| 44. |
Central Africa |
16.25 |
93 |
| 45. |
Mauritius |
12.89 |
108 |
| 46. |
Equatorial Guinea |
12.27 |
116 |
| 47. |
Zimbabwe |
10.65 |
126 |
It is important to note that WHO exclude cause of death data by broad accident for the following countries:-
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Cook Island, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Nine, Palau, Saint Kilts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, & Vanuatu.
