Situation
In recent years the incidence of road traffic crashes steadily increased in Tanzania, with the number of resulting road traffic deaths nearly doubling. As a consequence, the cost to the economy has also grown with the country now loosing an approximated 3.4%* of their GDP every year. Furthermore, the number of road traffic fatalities is estimated to be considerably higher than 4,000* people – in fact it’s estimated that nearly 16,211* people are killed annually, four times as many as the figure reported.
Road rules are not well observed by drivers in Tanzania, with road safety measures often poorly enforced. National seat-belt law is only applicable to drivers and no child restraint law or legislation of mobile phone use while driving is in existence.
(*WHO 2015)
GRSP activities
Activities
Advocacy:
Supporting and building the capacity of civil society organizations to advocate for the passage and implementation of evidence-based road safety policies.
Programmes
The grants programme supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation.
Road user groups
Risk factors
Members Collaboration
IFRC engagement
| Website | Carrying out RS activites | Interested in expanding RS work |
| Tanzania Red Cross National Society | — | — |
National laws
Lead agency: —
Speed limit law
Motorcycle helmet law
Child restraint law
Drug-driving law
Drink-driving law
Seat-belt law
Mobile phones while driving law
Crash data
Annual road fatalities
16,211*
Fatalities per 100K pop. per year
32.9
Population
49,253,126
Estimated GDP loss
3.4%
Registered vehicles
1,509,786
Income group
Lower-middle*
Source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
*World Bank
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