Based on these results, the following areas have been identified as potential areas for future
stakeholder activities in this area:
Surveys of general public
Cameroon: Rural
Cameroon: Urban
• Capacity building of Government officials in relation to United Nations road safety legal instruments.
• Continued coordination with road safety agency heads, the maintenance of an up-to-date
database of road safety agency heads, and perhaps a resource with good practices
and documentation.
Drive car or motorbike at least occasionally
63.73%
49%
12% (NB, 70% did not respond)
18.81% (NB, 62% did not respond)
36%
Drivers who have been breath-tested at least once
• The development and implementation of focused injury prevention programmes in areas that
the road safety agencies deem important, useful and currently unsupported, perhaps
in partnership with other local stakeholders, such as the traffic police, and with the assistance
of United Nations agencies and IARD.
Tanzania
30%
94%
88.24%
99%
Believe alcohol can impair driving ability
Have been involved in road crash where driver had been drinking
Drinking and Driving Surveys in Cameroon and Tanzania
12% (NB, 70% did not respond)
5.9%
21% (NB, 62% did not respond)
96%
In Tanzania and Cameroon, road crashes are among the leading causes of death. Traffic police
and the general public were surveyed about knowledge, attitude and perception of alcohol and
road safety.
Representation of how serious drinking and driving is in Cameroon
Believe public transport drivers drink and drive
76.47%
100% (NB, 71% have witnessed
drink driving on duty)
0
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Surveys of road safety officials
Cameroon
Not serious
Tanzania
Somewhat serious
59.5%
66%
Encounter at least one drunk driver per shift
Very serious
18.9%
Have used breathalyzers to identify drunk drivers
6%