Frequency of road traffic accidents in Lubumbashi

The world is undergoing a technological revolution, and no area is being spared. Developments in transport and telecommunications are bringing us high-speed vehicles. The state of the roads, the lack of vigilance among drivers (alcoholism, smoking), the lack of training in road traffic for drivers and the general public, and currently the phenomenon of motorbike taxis and bicycles with loads, in our area in particular, are contributing to an exponential increase in the number of road accidents. No country is spared from this suffering, which particularly affects young people. A considerable human heritage is destroyed, with very serious socio-economic consequences. This is why the major interest of this study is to find ways and means of minimising the prevalence of road accidents, which are becoming a real public health phenomenon, given the increase in car traffic in our environment compared with previous years, and in a road network that has remained static since colonial times.

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Symphorien T. Mbombombo: Titular de um diploma do Estado em 2000, opção Biologia-Química no Instituto Bulongame, Mbujimayi; Titular de um Doutoramento em Medicina Geral na Universidade de Lubumbashi em 2011 RD Congo. Atualmente Diretor do Serviço de Urgência do Hospital Provincial de Lichinga, Niassa, Moçambique.