Zambia police says that During this year’s Labor Day Holiday, a total number of 298 Road Traffic Accidents were recorded country-wide.
16 were fatal in which 27 persons were killed, 33 were recorded as serious injury road traffic accidents in which 62 persons were serious injured, 70 were recorded as slight injury road traffic accident in which 86 persons were slightly injured.
Lusaka Province recorded the highest number of RTAs with 151 followed by Copperbelt with 33, Southern Province recorded 31 while Central Province recorded 28 RTAs among other provinces.
“Most of the accidents are attributed to excessive speed, cutting in and misjudging clearance distance.”
This is contained in a statement issued by Zambia Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale.
