Uganda registers 30 pct increase in road fatalities in 2023

KAMPALA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Uganda recorded a 30 percent increase in road fatalities registered with the police in 2023, with 4,179 lives lost, according to the annual traffic and safety report released here on Wednesday.

The death toll in road crashes increased by 30 percent to 4,179 in 2023 from 3,210 in 2022, Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola said at the launch of the report. "The figure in se