'Careless pedestrians cause accidents'

Pedestrians are to blame for high number of road accidents, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has said.

The association says some of the 2 000 pedestrians fatally hit by vehicles in the past three years and the 30 000 injured were at fault when hit.

TSCZ spokesperson  Ernest Muchena confirmed that pedestrians were careless on the roads.

"The law requires that a pedestrian should cross the road at a designated crossing point such as a pedestrian crossing and a traffic light controlled intersection to avoid being hit by a car," he said.

"One should cross within the marked pedestrian crossing area and not anywhere outside the marked crossing path which results in jaywalking."

Recent statistics revealed that at least 2 000 pedestrians have died on Zimbabwe's roads after being hit by vehicles in the last three years, while more than 30 000 were injured during the same period.