The Easter holiday started on Friday and runs up until tomorrow.
Statistics from police show that there were 152 accidents across the country and 120 people were injured by yesterday.
Inspector Blessmore Chishaka, Officer-in-Charge of Press and Public Relations yesterday said the police had impounded 265 vehicles for various offences such as being defective or being unregistered.
He said police had issued a total of 8 014 tickets for various offences.
Chishaka attributed the accidents to human error — speeding or misjudgement while overtaking.
He however said the death toll had gone down as compared to the same period last year, but police “will continue imploring our drivers to follow the rules of the roads”.During the same period last year 25 lives were lost in accidents.
Last week, police announced that officers woAAAuld be deployed on the country’s major roads to ensure an accident-free Easter Holiday.
The operation, code-named “Safe Easter Holiday”, was meant to ensure sanity prevailed on the roads.
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Holidays in Zimbabwe have become synonymous with a high number of accidents and some people believe they are linked to the country’s poor road network and speeding. —By Our Staff
