The government is going to expand the remote traffic control and monitoring system, with a view to reducing the number of road accidents in the country, Mateus Magala, Minister of Transport and Communications, said yesterday. Quoted by "Noticias", Mateus Magala, who was speaking during the inauguration of road safety infrastructures in the Maputo Metropolitan Area, said...
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Road accidents cause 20 deaths in one week
At least 20 people died on Mozambican roads in one week, victims of 17 traffic accidents, including five crashes and four hit-and-runs. According to an AIM publication, the accidents, which also caused serious injuries to 15 citizens and 27 other minor injuries, occurred between October 5 and 11. There were also...
Road accidents caused 581 deaths from January to September
At least 581 people died from January to September this year as a result of around 200 road accidents in Mozambique. Official figures indicate that this number represents a reduction of 12%, compared to the same period last year, when 636 people died. The information was revealed on Wednesday by Minister...
Traffic Accidents: Fourteen people died in the last week of June
At least 14 people died in a week on Mozambican roads as a result of 18 road accidents, including five crashes and rollovers and six pedestrian accidents. The accidents, which also caused serious injuries to eight citizens and minor injuries to another 10, occurred between June 24 and 30, and also caused significant material damage. According to...
Gaza: Road accidents have caused 100 deaths in the first five months
At least 109 people lost their lives in the first five months of this year in Gaza province as a result of 86 road accidents, the police authorities there said. In addition to the deaths, 248 people suffered serious and minor injuries, as well as extensive material damage to the vehicles involved and various public and private assets,...
Traffic Accidents: Mozambique seeks solutions from South Korea
Representatives of the Mozambican and South Korean authorities met yesterday in Maputo with the aim of finding solutions to reduce road accidents in the country. With the support of South Korea, Mozambique intends to implement a road safety plan by 2024, said the meeting between government representatives from both countries. "O...
Traffic Accidents: 798 people lost their lives in 2022
Data released by the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), Beatriz Buchili, shows that road accidents killed 798 people in Mozambique last year, 146 fewer than in 2022, when 944 people lost their lives. According to Beatriz Buchili, who was speaking during the annual report on legality and crime, at the Assembly of the Republic, the...
Accident reduction plan launched
The Maputo City Council of State Representation Services (CSRECM) is launching a multi-sectoral plan to prevent traffic accidents, reports Notícias online. Called "Stop road accidents in Maputo City", the initiative aims to respond to the large movement of people during this festive season, which can lead to...
Traffic accidents killed more than 600 people in the first nine months
A total of 658 people lost their lives in the first nine months of this year and another 1,418 were injured as a result of 679 traffic accidents recorded on the country's roads. These figures mean that, on average, more than two people die every day as a result of road accidents, which should worry the...
In one week, traffic accidents claim 11 lives in the country
Eleven people died and 26 were injured, five of them seriously, as a result of traffic accidents on the country's roads last week, the General Command of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) said during its weekly report. The PRM report, released on Wednesday, points out that the victims were the result of 11 accidents, including four hit-and-run accidents...