SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Population: 165 397
Income group: Middle
Gross national income per capita: US$ 1 250
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
SAFER ROAD USERS
Department of Land Transport
Yes
No
—
—
—
SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY
Formal audits required for new road construction
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure
Policies to promote walking or cycling
Policies to encourage investment in public transport
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2010)
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles
Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers
Heavy trucks
Buses
Other
Vehicle standards applied
UN World forum on harmonization of vehicles standards
New car assessment programme
Vehicle regulations
Front and rear seat-belts required in all new cars
Front and rear seat-belts required all imported cars
1 101
404
657
37
3
0
Penalty/demerit point system in place
National speed limits
Local authorities can set lower limits
Maximum limit urban roads
Enforcement
National drink–driving law
BAC limit – general population
BAC limit – young or novice drivers
BAC limit – professional/commercial drivers
Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints
Enforcement
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol
National motorcycle helmet law
Applies to drivers and passengers
Helmet standard mandated
Enforcement
Helmet wearing rate
National seat-belt law
Applies to front and rear seat occupants
Enforcement
Seat-belt wearing rate
National child restraint law
Enforcement
National law on mobile phones while driving
Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use
Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones
No
No
—a
Yes
POST-CRASH CARE
No car manufacturers/assemblers.
a
DATA
Reported road traffic fatalities (2010)
Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes
No
Yes
No
30–40 km/h
0 1 2  4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No
—
—
—
—
—
—
Yes
Yes
No
0 1 2 3 4 5 6  8 9 10
—
No
—
—
—
No
—
No
—
—
33b, 79%M, 21%F
—
Combined sources. Defined as died within 30 days of crash.
b
Vital registration system
Emergency Room based injury surveillance system
Emergency access telephone number(s)
Seriously injured transported by ambulance
Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash
Emergency medicine training for doctors
Emergency medicine training for nurses
DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY
Yes
Yes
None
≤10%
—
No
No
TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS
d ata n o t ava i l a b l e
Number of road traffic deaths
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Source: National Police.
Further data on each country can be found in the statistical annex.
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Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting and cleared by Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.
Lead agency
Funded in national budget
National road safety strategy
Funding to implement strategy
Fatality reduction targets set
Fatality reduction target