NATIONAL ROAD

SAFETY COUNCIL OF
MALAWI

ROAD ACCIDENTS &

INSURANCE
CORPORATE PROFILE
Established by an Act of Parliament on 15th
September, 1978 under Chapter 69:06 of
the Laws of Malawi.
 MANDATES
• Promotes road safety in all
aspects in Malawi
• Promotes and provides financial
support for research in the field of
road safety
. Advises the Minister on Road
Safety issues in Malawi
 VISION
“Towards a road
safety conscious
society.”
 MISSION
“To provide civic education on
road safety to all road users
through sustainable
awareness campaigns in
order to have a road safety
conscious society.”
PROGRAMMES TAKEN BY
NRSC
• DEFENSIVE DRIVING
• COURSE
MOTOR CYCLE RIDER TRAINING
• SCHOLAR PATROL PROGRAMME
• SCHOOL PROGRAMMES
• RADIO & TV PROGRAMMES
• FILM SHOW CAMPAIGN
• NATIONAL SAFE DRIVER OF THE
YEAR AWARDS
 Achievements
• Erected traffic lights to reduce congestion at
Chitukuko, Bwandilo, Lilongwe Hotel, area 3/ Kamuzu
procession road junction, Lilongwe Technical College
and Lilongwe bridge, Natures Sanctuary and Nico
Centre junction in Lilongwe , Limbe Police junction,
Stanbic Limbe branch intersection and Soche/ Mount
Pleasant junction in Blantyre and Katoto Filling
station junction in Mzuzu. Traffic lights in Zomba and
Cross roads junction in Mzuzu including Mchesi/ M1
junction in Lilongwe have just been installed.
• Procured 113 scholar patrol equipments that was
donated to Ministry of education
• Procured 2 emergency rescue ambulances and
donated to Traffic Police
• Procured & donated three saloon highway traffic
patrol vehicles to Malawi Police Service
• Procured and donated four speed traps and six
 Achievements
Cont..…
• Launched the Road safety awareness &
enforcement month that was done jointly with
Traffic Police and Road Traffic Directorate that
saw accident reduced from 1027 people killed in
2005 to 921 killed in 2006 representing a 28%
decrease. A similar programme started on 10
December 2007 and ended on 3 January 2008
with a 13% reduction in December 07
• Trained 12000 drivers and 3000 motorcyclist in
defensive driving.
• Intensified civic education on radio, television and
newspapers
• Established district road safety committees in
Mangochi, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Nkhotakota,
Kasungu, Mwanza, Mulanje, Karonga, Nkhatabay,
Ntcheu, Dedza, Mchinji, Thyolo, Chiradzulu and
Balaka
 ACCIDENT STATISTICS
FOR 2007
• 4,435 road crashes occurred in 2007
• 738 were fatal
• 5,586 were reported in 2006
• 21% decrease
• 9,422 people were involved in 2007
• 11,521 people were involved in 2006
• 20% decrease
• 839 people were killed in 2007
• 912 people killed in 2006
• 8% decrease
 FATAL ACCIDENTS BY
DISTRICT
Fatal crash Fatal crash Fatal crash

District 2007 District 2007 District 2007

Lilongwe 122 Karonga 27 Chikwawa 21
Blantyre 103 Mzimba 24 Mulanje 16
Ntcheu 64 Mchinji 23 Mangochi 18
Kasungu 45 Zomba 22 Dowa 17
Dedza 33 Balaka 23 Chiradzulu 15
Mzuzu 39 Machinga 22 Thyolo 13
Salima 30 Nkhotakota 23 Rumphi 10
PEOPLE KILLED BY DISTRICT
Killed Killed Killed
District 2007 District 2007 District 2007
Lilongwe 133 Karonga 31 Chikwawa 23
Blantyre 114 Mzimba 24 Mulanje 19
Ntcheu 68 Mchinji 27 Mangochi 18
Kasungu 51 Zomba 26 Dowa 17
Dedza 62 Balaka 23 Chiradzulu 16
Mzuzu 45 Machinga 23 Thyolo 14
Salima 34 Nkhotakota 23 Rumphi 12
AGE DISTRIBUTION IN FATAL
ACCIDENTS
• 1,016 BETWEEN 25 AND 44
• 213 BETWEEN 18 AND 24
• 180 BETWEEN 45 AND 64
• 130 BETWEEN 1 AND 10
• 111 BETWEEN 11 AND 17
 CAUSES OF FATAL ACCIDENTS
Driver Behaviour
2% 2% 2%
4%
6%

10%

11% 63%

Over speeding Did not keep to near side C areless overtaking

Over loading Careless oncoming Didnt give way/ignore traffic sign
C areless turning, cutting in Sudden change of direction

• 314 Due to over speeding and overloading

• 56 Failing to keep to near side
• 51 Careless overtaking
• 30 Being under influence of alcohol
 ACCIDENT & INSURANCE
• More accidents, more claims
• More claims, more losses
• More losses, more redundancies
• Closure of business
• Unemployment
• Effect on national economy
 Way forward
Need for Govt & Insurance companies to
consider:
• Investing more in road safety activities
• introducing speed governors
• Investing in pedestrian flyovers, cycle paths and
foot paths
• Creating an Accident Victim Fund
• Creating a Road Traffic Authority
• Phasing out four wheeled minibuses on longer
routes and introducing six wheeled minibuses
through duty waivers
• Increase insurance levy
• Influence driver behaviour through an effective
education programme i.e. seatbelt campaign
 CONCLUSION

• IF SPIDER WEBS UNITE

THEY CAN TIE A LION.