Madar (Niamey) - Niger's Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Colonel-Major Abdourahamane Amadou, said the country recorded a total of 7,116 road accidents in 2025, which killed 1,245 people and left 4,439 seriously injured, the Niger Press Agency (ANP) reported on Sunday, 15 November 2026.
The figures were given in a message delivered by the minister on Saturday, on the eve of the 15th African Road Safety Day, combined this year with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and marked in Niger under the theme "Zero tolerance on our roads: raise awareness, check, inspect and punish".
The minister said the road safety situation in Niger "remains very worrying", noting that the authorities have declared 2026 the "year of road discipline", with the aim of cutting road deaths by 30%, reducing the number of accidents by 50% and reaching 100% use of approved helmets nationwide.
Among the main causes of accidents, the minister listed speeding, failure to respect rest periods, driver fatigue, alcohol and drug use, overloaded vehicles, using a phone while driving, and failure to wear seat belts and helmets.
According to the same source, he announced a system of penalties backed by stepped-up and unannounced checks involving the transport ministry, the Niger Road Safety Agency (ANISER), the National Police and the National Gendarmerie on the busiest routes and at bus station departure points, stressing that "road safety is not the business of the state alone, it is everyone's business".
In this context, ANISER on Sunday carried out a large operation combining road checks and awareness-raising for road users, deployed simultaneously at ten major junctions and roundabouts in Niamey, together with the National Police, the National Gendarmerie and the municipal police.
