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Zambia Road Safety Trust Advocates for Adoption of Road to Zero Strategy by Zambian Government
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The Zambia Road Safety Trust is calling on the Zambian government to adopt the Road to Zero strategy, which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries on roads in the country to zero by 2050. The strategy includes a range…
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WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIMS – by MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
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SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS, HON. FRANK TAYALI, MP ON THE OCASSION OF THE WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC VICTIMS READ ON HIS BEHALF BY ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY Mr. STEPHEN MBEWE.Ladies and Gentlemen;It is with…
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Commemoration of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2022
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Speech during the commemoration of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2022 (WDoR22) at UTH by ZRST Chairman Daniel Mwamba on18th November 2022 Good morning, gentlemen and Ladies!Every twenty-four seconds, a life is lost due to a…
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ZRST welcomes Zambia’s Budget incentives on bicycles
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Lusaka, 3rd October 2022: ZRST has been supporting cycling as a mode of sustainable transportation since 2014. While many people want to bike, bicycles are out of the price range of many people and many Zambians from low-income families need…
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Zambia’s Road deaths climb in the first 3 months of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021
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Lusaka, 24th April, 2022: The Zambia Police has released its quarterly statistics for road traffic fatalities for the first 3 months of 2022 and the numbers are dark and deeply concerning. Police data show 568 people perished on Zambia roads…
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MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON THE RISE IN THE NUMBER OF ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHERS AND MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING IN PLACE TO CURB ROAD CRASHES
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Delivered by Honourable Frank M. Tayali, MPMinister of Transport and LogisticsMarch 2022Madam SpeakerWith the leave of the House, kindly permit me to express my profound Gratitude to you Madam Speaker, for allowing me this rare opportunity to deliver this Ministerial…
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Pay-per-mile road user charging proposed for London
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Transport for London (TfL) is set to explore road-user charging that would charge drivers per mile travelled, at the request of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. The proposal is part of a policy of reducing car traffic in the…
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Zambia’s Road deaths climb by 27% in 12 months despite COVID
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Lusaka, 24th January 2022: The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST), the leading Road Safety NGO, is calling on the government to urgently improve national road safety management, after the police confirmed COVID’s restrictions, lockdowns, and reduced traffic volumes did not…
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2021 ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ANNUAL STATISTICS
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During the year 2021, a total number of 32,372 road traffic accidents were recorded countrywide, in which 1,757 were fatal road traffic accidents of which 2,163 persons were killed, 2,988 were serious road traffic accidents in which 5,307 persons were…
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ZRST urges the government to invest USD 1Billion in safer roads infrastructure
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Lusaka: 19th November 2021. The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST), the nation’s leading NGO for Road Safety, calls upon the New Dawn Government to invest at least USD 1Billion, in safe road Infrastructure in the next 5 years. There is…