Assessing the effect of automated speed enforcement and comprehensive measures on road safety in Rwanda

• Published in: Traffic injury prevention Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 947 - 955
• Main Authors: Delavary, Milad, Mesic, Aldina, Krebs, Elizabeth, Sesonga, Placide, Uwase-Gakwaya, Bertin, Nzeyimana, Innocent, Vanlaar, Ward
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accidents, Traffic - mortality; Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control; Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data; Automation; Automobile Driving - legislation & jurisprudence; Automobile Driving - statistics & numerical data; Cameras; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Crashes; Data systems; Fatalities; Humans; Income; Injuries; interrupted time series; Interrupted Time Series Analysis; Law Enforcement - methods; Low income areas; low- and middle-income countries; Mortality; Pandemics; Police; road safety measures; Roads & highways; Rwanda - epidemiology; Safety; Safety measures; Safety research; Schools; Speed camera; Speed limits; Traffic; Traffic accidents; Traffic accidents & safety; traffic mortality; Traffic safety; Traffic speed; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Wounds and Injuries - mortality; Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control; Rwanda; COVID-19; Speed camera; interrupted time series; road safety measures; traffic mortality; low- and middle-income countries

Daily, approximately 3,400 traffic-related deaths occur globally, with over 90% concentrated in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Notably, Rwanda has one of the highest road traffic death rates in the world (29.7 per 100,000 people) and is the first low-income country to implement a national...