// police · WHO · UN · ministry data
The numbers we're
trying to retire.
Statistics don't bleed, so people ignore them. We're putting them on one page anyway — because the day you finally feel a number is the day you lift off the accelerator.
sources at the bottom. read them, not just our summaries.
casualties in 2024 · Uganda Police
up from 24,728 in 2023.
people a day, on average
a classroom every five days.
deaths / 100k people · WHO
world average is 18.
serious injuries in 2024 · +8.4%
survivors carry it for years.
// police-reported crashes
Crashes went down for years.
a 34% drop in six years. proof that this is fixable.
// but the hits got harder
Then severity crept back.
fewer crashes, harder hits. that is the worry.
The toll the hospitals see is bigger than the toll the police see.
A 2016 study estimating crashes from police and health records put the year at 25,729 crashes and 7,558 deaths — several times the official count. The Ministry of Health's injury surveillance (UNIPH) reports the same story: road trauma is massively under-counted, which means it is massively under-funded.
what doesn't get counted doesn't get fixed.
// who pays the price
Not drivers. Everyone else.
three quarters of the harm lands on riders and walkers — the least protected people on the road.
// by region · 2024 sample split of 25,808
Where it happens.
| region | incidents | share | top factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central | 11,240 | peak-hour boda/pedestrian conflicts | |
| Eastern | 4,470 | market crossings, cyclist visibility | |
| Western | 4,180 | long-haul speed, rain braking | |
| Northern | 2,860 | school corridors, animal crossings | |
| West Nile | 1,720 | loaded bicycles, border traffic | |
| Karamoja | 1,338 | fatigue, livestock, fuel range |
see it as a map on the live map.
// where the numbers come from
Read the sources.
Annual Traffic & Road Safety Reports: 18,686 crashes (2014) → 12,249 (2020); 25,808 casualties (2024); 18,444 serious injuries.
≈29 deaths per 100,000 population for Uganda, against a global average of 18 and an African average of 24.
Estimated 26.6 deaths per 100,000 — among the highest estimated fatality rates in the world at the time.
29 deaths per 100,000 in 2019; hospital-based surveillance shows substantial under-reporting in police records.
Economic burden of road crashes estimated at ~5% of GDP (≈ US$1.2 billion a year).
25,729 crashes involving 59,077 people and an estimated 7,558 fatalities — several times the recorded count.