Crashes Rise 18.6 Percent Over the 2026 Heroes and Unity Holiday as 43 People Die for the Second Consecutive Year

Godfrey Chilabi Public Relations Officer Zambia Police Service

Home › Research and Data › Road Crash Analysis Road Safety Data Analysis A Zambia Road Safety Trust analysis of Zambia Police Service holiday-period statistics Lusaka, Zambia | July 2026 The Zambia Police Service recorded 409 road traffic crashes during the 2026 Heroes and Unity holiday period, including 40 fatal crashes and 43 deaths. Total … Read more

ZRST and Yango Zambia Expand School Safety Programme to 15 Schools as Government Pledges to Scale the Work

More than 30,000 children reached since 2025; Zambia Police confirm over 2,500 road deaths last year; RTSA warns more children are dying on the school run. LUSAKA, ZAMBIA Saturday, 20th June, 2026. The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) today launched the Replication Phase of its Safer Journeys to School Initiative at Chelstone Secondary School, expanding … Read more

ZRST and Yango Zambia Scale Safer Journeys to School to 15 Lusaka Schools, Reaching Over 24,000 Learners

ZRST and Yango Zambia are expanding the Safer Journeys to School programme to 15 schools across Lusaka in 2026, following a 2025 pilot that reached approximately 8,000 learners in five schools. Suggested categories: Press Releases, Child Road Safety, School Zones, Partnerships

The Proposed Lifting of the Night Travel Ban on Public Service Vehicles in Zambia

Press Release Lusaka, Zambia  |  26 March 2026  |  For Immediate Release ZRST welcomes the government’s 24-hour economy vision — but issues a serious warning: lifting the night travel ban on Public Service Vehicles without binding safety preconditions will cost Zambian lives. 2,199 People killed on Zambia’s roads in 2024 — the true figure may … Read more

Zambia Police annual stats report for 2025

Godfrey Chilabi Public Relations Officer Zambia Police Service

The Zambia Police Service has issued its full statement on road traffic crashes for 2025. We have checked its arithmetic line by line before publishing: the provincial figures, the quarterly figures, the day-of-week figures and the road-user fatality figures each sum exactly to the stated totals, which deserves acknowledgement, because it is not something we … Read more