As Christians worldwide marked Easter Day in remembrance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, some families in Uganda were mourning relatives who perished in accidents. According to a traffic police report released on Monday, at least 37 people died in fatal crashes during the Easter festivities. The spokesperson, APS Faridah Nampiima, said that between April 7 and April 10, 76 crashes were recorded, resulting in 37 deaths and 76 serious injuries.
Pedestrians accounted for the highest number of victims, with 12 killed and eight injured. Motorcyclists suffered 10 deaths and 22 serious injuries. The accidents also claimed the lives of two taxi passengers, who were injured along with four others, and one pedal cyclist, who was killed with two more injured.
The report identified overspeeding as the leading cause of crashes during the Easter period. Twenty‑nine crashes were attributed to excessive speed; of these, 11 were fatal, 14 caused serious injuries, and four were minor. Careless overtaking was responsible for 14 crashes, resulting in four fatalities and eight serious injuries. Fatal crashes involve deaths, serious accidents involve injuries, and minor accidents involve only vehicle damage.
One particularly tragic incident occurred on the Easter holiday when a Toyota Alphard collided with a fuel truck in Lwengo. At around 4 p.m. on the Masaka‑Mbarara highway at Kyoja Trading Centre, the speeding Alphard (registration UBL 314C) failed to keep left and rammed into a fuel truck (registration SSD 327S/SSD 137Q). All nine occupants of the Alphard perished.
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