A three-month road around German Square confuses drivers and pedestrians following a hasty construction. Traffic accidents have become common in the area after the roundabout was removed to widen the road and simplify movement through the area. Above half a billion birr is lost to damages arising from traffic accidents annually in Ethiopia. Over 400 casualties and 3,471 injuries due to traffic accidents were registered in the last fiscal year, with 80pc of the victims being pedestrians. Megenagna, China Camp and Haile Garment areas were found to be hotspots for accidents in areport by the Bloomberg Initiative. Amplified traffic penalties which earned the Transport Ministry over a billion birr this year have done little to curb the number of fatalities.
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