BURUNDI

Population: 8 382 849

Income group: Low
Gross national income per capita: US$ 230

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

SAFER ROAD USERS

SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY

Formal audits required for new road construction
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure
Policies to promote walking or cycling
Policies to encourage investment in public transport
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs

Yes
Parts of network
No
No
No

SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2010)
30 045 civilian vehicles
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles

Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers

Heavy trucks

Buses

Other

Vehicle standards applied

UN World forum on harmonization of vehicles standards
No
New car assessment programme
No
Vehicle regulations
Front and rear seat-belts required in all new cars
a
Front and rear seat-belts required all imported cars
No

Penalty/demerit point system in place

National speed limits
Local authorities can set lower limits
Maximum limit urban roads
Enforcement
National drinkdriving law
BAC limit general population
BAC limit young or novice drivers
BAC limit professional/commercial drivers
Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints
Enforcement
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol
National motorcycle helmet law
Applies to drivers and passengers
Helmet standard mandated
Enforcement
Helmet wearing rate
National seat-belt law
Applies to front and rear seat occupants
Enforcement
Seat-belt wearing rate
National child restraint law
Enforcement
National law on mobile phones while driving
Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use
Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones
National speed limits set for certain vehicle types only.
Not based on BAC.
Cases suspected of drink-driving are further investigated.

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e

POST-CRASH CARE

No car manufacturers/assemblers.

DATA
Reported road traffic fatalities (2010)
Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes
Police records. Defined as died at scene of crash.

275b

No
Yes
Yes
c
0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yesd

Noe
0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10

No

No

No

No

Vital registration system

Emergency Room based injury surveillance system
Emergency access telephone number(s)
Seriously injured transported by ambulance
Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash
Emergency medicine training for doctors
Emergency medicine training for nurses

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY

Yes
No
117
10%

No
No

TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

16
14
12
10
8

d ata n o t ava i l a b l e

d ata n o t ava i l a b l e

6
4
2
0
2001

Further data on each country can be found in the statistical annex.

68

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting and cleared by Ministry of Public Health and AIDS Control.

Lead agency
Ministry of Transport, Public Labor and Equipment
Funded in national budget
Yes
National road safety strategy
No
Funding to implement strategy

Fatality reduction targets set

Fatality reduction target