Mozambique has one of the worst road safety records in Africa, and in the world. The country suffers 30.1 deaths per 100,000 population. In absolute numbers, it is estimated that each year between 7,000 and 10,000 people in the country die on Mozambique’s roads. The government of Mozambique realizes the dire need to reverse the country’s road safety trends and requested the World Bank’s support in conducting a diagnostic assessment of road safety in the country to improve its road safety record. The assessment reviewed road safety performance in Mozambique based on the UN Pillars for Road Safety.

The report identified several “quick win” strategies by which Mozambique should be able to make improvements in safety, saving many lives and reducing the number of debilitating injuries and the economic costs, as well as enhancing safety culture by taking highly visible actions to improve safety. Such quick wins, however, are not enough to enable a change in the country’s current trajectory of road crash related fatalities and injuries. The report identified a comprehensive and equally important list of policy, regulatory, institutional, and investment measures needed in the short, and medium term.

This output is part of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility programme