Zambia’s Road Safety Implementation Partner
The journey from Mwinilunga to Jimbe could fall from four hours to just 72 minutes. For farmers, traders and families, that would be a substantial gain. But the people living beside the road need more than a shorter journey. They need to cross it safely. The African Development Bank’s May 2026 appraisal sets out ambitious … Read more
Safer school routes, accountable road budgets, properly managed fleets and reliable emergency care can turn road safety promises into practical protection. A new Safe System report offers lessons, but Zambia must apply them through its own institutions and everyday realities. Between April and June 2026, Zambia recorded 11,074 road crashes, including 602 fatal crashes that … Read more
Seen in Time: What One Night on Lusaka’s Heroes Stadium Corridor Taught Us About Protecting Pedestrians and Cyclists With support from a US$1,000 GoFundMe donation, the Zambia Road Safety Trust took a practical road safety response directly to people travelling and working alongside traffic after dark. More than 1,330 vulnerable road users were reached in … Read more
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
Policy Briefing The Data Gap Zambia’s national road crash data system, maintained by the Zambia Police Service, age-disaggregates casualties in only one category: children aged 0 to 16. Every road death, serious injury, or crash victim aged 17 or older is recorded without age. This means that any person aged 17 to 25, including university … Read more
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
Policy briefing note15 June 2026 Zambia Road Safety Trust Zambia’s road-crash data has a youth blind spot National crash figures do not publish casualties aged 17–25 as a distinct group. This makes it difficult to identify and respond to road risks affecting young people. Briefing summary Zambia reports casualties aged 0–16 separately. People aged 17 … Read more
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
Road Safety Research | Safe System | Zambia Zambia Hosts 3rd AfroSAFE Conference at the University of Zambia 10–11 June 2026 | University of Zambia, School of Engineering, Lusaka
