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 compelling evidence worldwide to indicate that upgrading infrastructure offers significant improvements for road safety. ZRST … Read more
Ref: Call to End Road Traffic Deaths in Zambia Congratulations on your Election as the 7th President of Zambia! You are taking office at a time in Zambian history when our country is facing many challenges. We are writing to bring your attention to one of the immense, but solvable challenges facing Zambia, and one … Read more
22nd September has become known as World Car Free Day. In cities across the globe, car free days celebrate the benefits of non-motorized transport, like bicycling or walking. The celebrations have grown in popularity since the first formally organized events in the mid-1990s. Zambia held its first Car Free Day on Sunday,18th April 2021.It was … Read more
Media Contacts:Mailos Mwale, Communications Advisor, ZRST0953736461 mailos.mwale@@zambianroadsafety.org/Daniel Mwamba, Chairman, ZRST0961475610 da***********@za***************.org July 13, 2021LUSAKA – The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST), the nation’s leading NGO for Road Safety, The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), University of York (UK) together with the UN Environment’s (UNEP) Share the Road Programme is undertaking a 24-month project to strengthen the … Read more
By Brightwell Chabusha A total of 532 people were killed in 8,407 road traffic accidents which were recorded during the second quarter of 2021 countrywide. According to a statement issued by deputy police spokesperson Danny Mwale 455 accidents out of the 8, 407 were fatal and 784 were serious. “During the second quarter of 2021, … Read more
The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) has engaged various stakeholders in the transport and planning sector on Inclusive Climate Resilient Transport in Africa study aimed at strengthening the transport sector in Zambia.This is in a bid to meeting the mobility needs of disadvantaged groups in a changing climate that are perceived to vulnerable when it … Read more
LUSAKA. 25.02.2020. The Zambia Road Safety Trust, the leading NGO for Road Safety, fully backs the Minister of Transport and Communications call for a Road Safety Conference targeting Bus Drivers. This is a long-overdue road Safety action that should have happened many years ago. We sincerely thank the Minister of Transport for his national political … Read more
Press statement The Zambia Road Safety Trust, the leading nation’s NGO for road safety is deeply saddened at the sudden death of Felix Mwangala and Nsabata Muzeya. The two gallant and health Lusaka Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church youth leaders died in a road accident last Sunday. According to reports received by ZRST, Felix, a … Read more
Acting President Inonge Wina has said the government of President Edgar Lungu will never walk away from the plight of Zambians in life or death or at home or abroad. Speaking when she officiated at the requiem mass of bus accident victims that perished in Mokapane, Limpopo Province in South Africa, held at the Cathedral … Read more
PRESS STATEMENT Lusaka- 9th September, 2018 – The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) Has resolved to remove all unlicensed and bad Public Service Drivers (PSV) drivers from the road. RTSA Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zindaba Soko, who led a combined team of RTSA and Zambia Police officers on Saturday during an on … Read more
