In only the last nine months, more than 2,700 people in Ethiopia lost their lives in auto accidents.
The Road Safety and Insurance Fund Service, which was established in 2014, carried out the third wave of the launch programme for the awareness and control of traffic safety issues.
In an effort to prevent accidents together, the Road Safety Fund is said to have established an independent high board.
The Chief Executive Officer of Road Safety and Insurance Fund Services, Mr. Jamal Abbaso, announced two rounds of control and awareness activities.
Thus, in just nine months, 4,456 people suffered catastrophic injuries and nearly 2,700 people died in car accidents.
⁹The CEO also stated that it resulted in property damage totaling more than 1.7 billion birr.
According to reports, everyone must pitch in to reduce these accidents, and children and young people in particular need extra care.
During the same nine months, 6.3 million vehicles were reportedly inspected while 235,000 cars reportedly had their violations corrected.
Reports indicate that there were 4,183 more crashes in the first nine months of 2015 than there were in the same period in 2014, an increase of 13.6%.
Control will be implemented on, according to Commander Demeke Kifle, head of the Federal Roads Control Accident Investigation Department, 26 various forms of fines would eventually be under control.