12 September 2020
By Kaleyesus Bekele
Following the nation-wide road safety awareness campaign launched by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) number of deaths caused by road accident in Ethiopia is reported to have dropped by 10.09 percent, although the overall problem is still at a crisis level, The Reporter learnt.
In the 2019-2020 budget year 4,133 people died of road transport accident. This has shown a slight improvement compared to the previous year. More than 12,000 people sustained heavy and light physical injuries.
The Ministry of Transport organised a consultative meeting with journalists on the role of the media in combating road accident on Wednesday at Eliana Hotel.