Road safety requires coordinated and collective efforts from all stakeholders.

Only through collective responsibility, cooperation and commitment can traffic crashes be reduced and create safer roads for all.

The Acting Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force, Major General Anne-Marie Nainda, made the remarks during the launch of the Integrated Road Safety Operation.

The campaign launched at the Okapuka Road Traffic Checkpoint is aimed at the Second Trimester School Holiday and Heroes Day Commemoration.

During this period, a significant increase in traffic volumes is anticipated on national roads across the country, particularly along the B1 and B2 national road corridors.

The aim is to enhance road safety, strengthen traffic law enforcement and promote responsible road-user behaviour, with the objective of reducing road traffic crashes.

"Road safety is not the responsibility of one institution or sector alone. It requires a coordinated and collective effort from the government, from law enforcement agencies, from road safety stakeholders and from the private sector. Community leaders and, most importantly, every individual producer – only through such collective responsibility, cooperation and commitment can we reduce road traffic crashes and create safer roads for all," stressed Nainda. 

The Acting Inspector-General further raised a concern on the high number of road traffic crashes which resulted in 2,996 injuries and 279 fatalities since January 2026.

"For the past three weeks we had seven accidents that include head-on collisions and so forth where tracks were involved. Head-on collisions of two tracks – I am failing to grasp how we are driving, what type of speed we are driving, and the indications are that in these seven accidents that I am referring to, dangerous overtaking was part of the factors." 

The operation held under the theme "Engage, Educate and Enforce" will commence on 12 August and run until 10 September 2026.