Press Releases

TotalEnergies Marketing Zambia Ltd in collaboration with the Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) and TotalEnergies Foundations, successfully hosted the 2025 VIA Safe Mobility for All Young People Zambia National Finals yesterday at the Government Complex in Lusaka. This event celebrated the creative and innovative efforts of young Zambians dedicated to promoting sustainable mobility and road … Read more

On May 12, 2025, Zambia Road Safety Trust joined the global community in marking the 8th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, held at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre under the theme, “Streets for Life – #MakeWalkingSafe#MakeCyclingSafe.” The event brought together key stakeholders, including government officials, civil society organizations, development partners, and local communities, all … Read more

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 a bit of a push to buy them. Unfortunately cycling on our roads is also … Read more

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 Statement on the continued escalation of road traffic crashes and fatalities on our roads.It is … Read more

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 stop Zambia’s road toll rising by 27.9 per cent (from 1,690 to 2,163 deaths) in … Read more

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 seriously injured, 6,231 were Slight road traffic accidents in which 9,182 persons were slightly injured … Read more

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