The characterization of the road accident in Angola in 2019, to which Lusa had access, was presented on Tuesday in Luanda, during an extraordinary meeting of the National Council for Traffic and Traffic Planning (CNVOT).
According to Police General Commander Paulo Gaspar de Almeida from last year's global road accident data, the corporation recorded a deduction of 100 deaths and 22 injuries compared to 2018.
According to the official, this reduction is not yet significant, stating that it is necessary to "review the policies" and that this year we need to "show signs of progress".
The police commissioner general pointed to the need for greater "indecency and objectivity" in driving tests.
For Paulo Gaspar de Almeida, the accomplishment of a "bigger and better inspection of the vehicles" is one of the assumptions that should reduce road accidents, recognizing the "bad technical condition" of many vehicles that circulate on the Angolan roads.
"We must also influence and revise the policy of conservation, maintenance and even construction of our roads, we must stop building paths to build wide roads, roads with greater stability, safety and with competent signs", he urged.
Road education in schools and the assessment of the physical and emotional state of road users are also, for the senior police officer of Angola, measures that should be taken into account by the corporation and social actors.
In addition to the balance of road accidents, CNVOT also analyzed the projects of the new driving license model, the Single Vehicle Document, the situation of road traffic in Angola and the implementation of the national strategy for road safety and prevention.
Among the actions for 2020, the police commander-in-chief assumed that the current Angolan driving license "is maladjusted" and needs to be "modernized and aligned" with Southern African Development Community (SADC) standards.
"We will also strive to implement the Motor Vehicle Single Document project to end this scattering of documents that often makes it difficult for us to control and transport these documents because there are so many documents," he said.
Road accidents are the second leading cause of death in the country after malaria.
