Saying No to Road Accidents

[Cameroon Tribune] According to the Ministry of Transport, 3,500 accidents occur nation-wide each year, causing on average 13,000 deaths. Some 82 per cent of the accidents are caused by drivers. Going by the World Bank statistics, 12 people of the ages five to 29 are victims of road accidents in the country yearly since 2010. The most killers are the Douala-Bafoussam highway with over 60 per cent and about 50 per cent on the Yaounde-Douala stretch. It states that FCFA 100 billion was lost to road accidents in 2008, while pro