13 people died daily between December 23 and 25, according to Police.
Traffic and Road Safety spokesperson ASP Faridah Nampiima said 55 people lost their lives with 212 others got injured during the Christmas holiday.
Nampiima said on Wednesday that 47 were fatal, 95 as serious while 64 were minor.
“Of the 206 crashes, 47 were fatal, 95 serious and 64 minor. The accidents had 267 victims of which 55 died and 212 were injured,” Nampiima told reporters.
On Boxing Day alone, the country registered a tragic moment when 5 people died in a deadly road carnage on Masaka road.
Nampiima told reporters that only one driver was killed in all the road crashes , while 15 were injured.
Relatedly, 15 motorcyclists were killed and 68 injured whereas eight passengers on motorcycles were killed and 53 injured.
The report also indicates that 10 passengers in vehicles died whereas 51 were injured and 21 pedestrians were killed and 24 injured.
“Pedestrians accounted for the highest number of persons killed contributing 38.18%, followed by motorcyclists at 27.27%,” Nampiima explained.
She attributed the cause of accidents to reckless driving, using handheld mobile phones, failing to use signals, overspeeding and drifting into another lane among other causes.
Police say that a total of 3519 offenders were issued with express penalty tickets during the Christmas period with 652 driving recklessly and taking the lion’s share of all the offenders whereas 640 were driving vehicles in a dangerous mechanical condition and 311 did have valid driving licences.
Compared with the Christmas season last year, Traffic Police records show there has been a reduction by 3.29% in road crashes.
Police adds that people meet death when buses and taxis are rushing to make return journeys or make more trips because of very many passengers moving from one place to another. Some people die when they drive their new cars on long journeys for the first time.
