At least 58 people perished in road accidents across the country during the Christmas season, according to the Traffic Police Directorate.
While addressing journalists this morning, Traffic Police spokesperson, ASP Faridah Nampiima said a total of 195 accidents were registered during the between December 23 and 26 and that out of these, 51 were fatal, 93 serious and 51 minor accidents.
“There were 248 accident victims during the period and out of these, 58 persons died and 190 sustained injuries. Of the dead, seven were drivers, 16 seriously injured whereas four pedal cyclists died, four were seriously injured and 17 motorcyclists died,” Nampiima said.
According to Nampiima 12 passengers on motorcycles died whereas 33 were seriously injured. She noted that no passenger travelling in taxis died although 14 were seriously injured.
Police says that no accident happened at known blacks pots because they had adequately deployed personnel those points.
Relatedly, Nampiima says that a total of 3070 traffic offenders were arrested and issued with Express Penalty Scheme tickets for various offences at checkpoints in across the country.
644 were penalised for reckless driving, 422 for driving vehicles in dangerous mechanical conditions, 235 for having invalid driving licences, 164 for over speeding and 157 for not wearing seat belts among other traffic offences,”Nampiima said.
Nampiima says police is still conducting operations to keep people safe on the roads until the end of the festive season.