Road accidents drop by 85 percent on mother’s Day.

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has recorded an 85 percent drop in road accidents during 2024 Mother’s Day holiday

This is according to National Police Publicist Peter Kalaya.

According to Kalaya, four road accidents were recorded during the 2024 Mother’s Day celebrations, a decrease from 26 road accidents that were recorded during the same period in 2023.

MPS records also indicate that comparatively, fewer people have been killed and injured in these road accidents during the holiday this year than in 2023.

Out of the four road accidents this year, two were fatal in which three people were killed while the remaining two accidents were minor in which two people were slightly injured.

In contrast, nine of the 26 road accidents recorded last year were fatal in which 18 people were killed while two of them were serious in which 9 people were severely injured.

Further, the records indicate that eight of these accidents were minor in which 20 people were slightly injured.

Fatal road accidents have also decreased by 78 percent while serious road accidents have decreased by 100 percent.

The number of people killed from the road accidents has decreased by 83 percent.

MPS attributes the decline to traffic police officers’ visibility on public roads, joint operation done by traffic police officers and officials from the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services, awareness programs conducted by its Public Relations and Community Policing Branches

MPS has since pledged to continue implementing viable preventive strategies to further reduce road accidents and ensure safety for all.