DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Population: 65 965 796

Income group: Low
Gross national income per capita: US$ 180

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK SAFER ROAD USERS

Lead agency National Program for Road Safety (CNPR) Penalty/demerit point system in place No
Funded in national budget Yes National speed limits Yes
National road safety strategy No Local authorities can set lower limits No
Funding to implement strategy — Maximum limit urban roads 60 km/h
Fatality reduction targets set — Enforcement 0 1 2 3 4  6 7 8 9 10
Fatality reduction target — National drink–driving law Yes
BAC limit – general population 0.01 g/dl
BAC limit – young or novice drivers 0.01 g/dl
BAC limit – professional/commercial drivers 0.01 g/dl
SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints Yes
Enforcement 0 1 2 3  5 6 7 8 9 10
Formal audits required for new road construction Yes
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol —
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure Parts of network
National motorcycle helmet law Yes
Policies to promote walking or cycling No
Applies to drivers and passengers Yes
Policies to encourage investment in public transport No
Helmet standard mandated No
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs No
Enforcement 0 1  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Helmet wearing rate —
National seat-belt law Yes
Applies to front and rear seat occupants No
SAFER VEHICLES Enforcement 0 1 2 3 4 5 6  8 9 10
Total registered vehicles (2010) 350 000 Seat-belt wearing rate —
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles — National child restraint law Yes
Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers — Enforcement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Heavy trucks — National law on mobile phones while driving No
Buses — Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use —
Other — Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones —
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 Yes POST-CRASH CARE
No car manufacturers/assemblers.
a
Vital registration system Yes
Emergency Room based injury surveillance system No
Emergency access telephone number(s) None
Seriously injured transported by ambulance —c
DATA Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash —
Reported road traffic fatalities (2010) 309b, 79%M, 21%F Emergency medicine training for doctors —
Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes — Emergency medicine training for nurses No
Police records. Defined as died within 7 days of crash. Kinshasa only.
b
No ambulance services in country.
c

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

400
Drivers/passengers Drivers 4-wheeled
cars and light
Number of road traffic deaths

buses (6%) 350

vehicles (1%)
300
Drivers/passengers
heavy trucks (3%) 250
200
Pedestrians (5%)
150
Riders motorized
2- or 3-wheelers 100
(15%) 50
Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting.

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Passengers 4-wheeled 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
cars and light vehicles
(70%) Source: National Program for Road Safety (CNPR).

Source: 2010, Police de Circulation Routiere (PCR).

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

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