- The accidents were registered in one week across the country
- Nampiima appealed to drivers to always check the mechanical condition of their vehicles before taking them on the road.
A total of 411 accidents were registered in one week across the country involving 437 victims of which 73 died, traffic police.
According to Faridah Nampiima the traffic police spokesperson out of the 411 accidents, 49 were fatal, 237 were serious while 123 were minor.
Nampiima adds that only last week police registered a number of accidents caused by tyre bursts in which 30 people were seriously injured.
She says the accidents happened in the areas of Mbarara, Nakasongola, Mubende, Budaka, Pakwachi and Mpigi in which taxi's were involved in tyre bursts and left scores injured.
Nampiima appealed to drivers to always check the mechanical condition of their vehicles before taking them on the road.
Among the accidents that happened include on in Bukomansimbi district on Saturday 14th May 2022 involving a FUSO canter registration number UAX 226U that overturned while carrying market venders from Nyendo Masaka.
Nampiima revealed that 8 people died in the accident whereas 27 were injured.
She noted that investigations into the accident indicate that the overloaded vehicle was over speeding on a road the driver was not familiar with.
She noted that preliminary investigations indicate that, the casualties in hospitals told police that, when they were moving to the market, they were offloaded from truck to patrol vehicles and they walked past the patrol car and later boarded the vehicle that sped off before causing the accident.
Nampiima also revealed that they have tasked the owner of the truck to produce the driver who was hired on the fateful day.
Manwhile, Nampiima said five people died in the rooad accident that happened at Bujenja along Hoima Masindi road.
She said the deceased were sugarcane cutters who were loaded on Fuso truck destined to the plantation but it lost control and overturned killing the five on spot and 12 injured.