Paving the Way for Safer Streets: Uganda’s Push for Pedestrian Safety Amid Rising Road Crashes Uganda faces a growing crisis on its roads, where the number of pedestrian deaths continues to rise at an alarming rate. Traffic police statistics from 2023 revealed that 1,675 pedestrians lost their lives in road […]
In the wake of a sobering reality, Uganda finds itself grappling with a stark and unsettling truth: road fatalities are on the rise. The year 2023 bore witness to a staggering 30% surge in such tragedies, sending shockwaves through communities across the nation. Behind these shocking statistics lies a distressing […]
School Road Safety Education in Uganda: Progress and Lessons Learned Corresponding Author: Tumwine Fred Nkuruho, PO Box 10623, Kampala, Uganda, urreno@gmail.com, +256 (0) 772 409075. Key Findings Abstract The Uganda Road Accident Reduction Network Organisation (URRENO) is a non-profit, non-government organisation (NGO) mandated in 1997. From a modest pilot project […]
This project funded by Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) and implemented by the youth team of URRENO has been ongoing since (April 2023 – March 2024) focusing on promoting Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) Infrastructure Usage in Kampala and sensitizing people on the realities road users face on Ugandan roads. The project […]
Uganda’s road infrastructure is generally unsafe with most of the roads being single carriage way without a median. This easily results into many head-on collisions since most roads lack facilities for Non-Motorized users. According to the Uganda Road Safety Performance review (2018), the last decade alone recorded that road crash […]
Be responsible, drive carefully As is the norm, every year at this time, many of us travel upcountry to be with family as we celebrate Christmas and the New Year festivities. This year is no exception. Many have already embarked on this annual journey and others will follow suit. This […]
In the world of advocacy, different strategies are put to play before results/ impacts of the drive are witnessed. For road safety, different stakeholders have implemented advocacies through awareness raising, advocating for review of regulations among others, in order to bring down the increasing road carnage statistics in Uganda that […]
The Nicole Foundation, a road safety Non-Government Organisation (NGO) that is committed to road safety through involving the voices of young people is due to celebrate its second-year anniversary. As has been the tradition, a sensitization campaign is part of the weekend-long activities attached to the celebration. Paul Kwamusi addressing […]
Following the Saturday motorcycle/bodaboda sensitization session that was carried out at the Kitooro Market, we joined the Nicole Foundation team to celebrate their two-year anniversary. Starting off the celebration was a team from St. Mark Church of Uganda Entebbe which led us in prayer according to the day’s agenda. We […]
The two year-long Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) Project had its final activity covered yesterday at Hotel Africana. The project, whose focus was on strengthening helmet use and its regulations, as well as drink driving regulations saw us meet with different stakeholders involved in the road safety fraternity. Among the […]