According to Wikipedia the first person who died in a motor vehicle accident was Mary Ward an Irish scientist who fell out of a steam car, and was run over by it, that accident dated back 31 August 1869. I want to believe it was a traumatic experience for the family and even for the bystanders who might have witnessed the tragedy. Today it is as normal as getting up every morning when a person die in an motor vehicle accident. Namibia's road deaths are reason for concern when looking at the amount of people dying in motor vehicle accidents. During 2011 almost 500 people perished on our roads, so one would ask "so what?" Namibia has a population of around 2.2 million people and 492 people died in accidents. Britain has more than 63 million people and they recorded during the same year ( 2011) less than 2-thousand road fatalities. What is wrong? Is the British law working, or is our system failing us? How many people must still die before we see real tangible action from authorities. Driving on Namibian roads lately became a gambling, or survival of the most reckless.
The statistics is proof of that.
2008 275 deaths
2009 525 deaths
2010 531 deaths
2011 492 deaths
2012 319 deaths and there are still a little more than 4 months left!!
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