HARARE
–
Road
traffic
accidents
in
Zimbabwe
surged
sharply
in
the
second
quarter
of
2025,
with
new
figures
from
the
Zimbabwe
National
Statistics
Agency
(ZimStat)
showing
a
19.8
percent
increase
compared
to
the
first
three
months
of
the
year.
ZimStat
said
15,350
accidents
were
recorded
between
April
and
June,
up
from
12,817
in
the
first
quarter.
Of
these,
492
were
fatal,
marking
a
30.2
percent
rise
from
the
378
deadly
crashes
reported
earlier
in
the
year.
The
accidents
claimed
624
lives
and
left
2,926
people
injured,
underlining
what
analysts
describe
as
a
deepening
road
safety
crisis
on
Zimbabwe’s
increasingly
congested
highways.
ZimStat
also
reported
a
15.2
percent
jump
in
new
vehicle
registrations,
from
18,214
in
the
first
quarter
to
21,128
between
April
and
June.
The
number
of
newly
registered
light
motor
vehicles
rose
18.1
percent,
from
13,631
to
16,095.
Statistics
from
early
2025
show
that
a
road
accident
occurs
roughly
every
15
minutes
in
Zimbabwe,
with
about
five
people
dying
daily—most
frequently
on
Fridays,
Saturdays,
and
public
holidays.