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Two-wheeler top list
The Ministry of Transportation, in its latest report revealed that the total number of vehicles registered by the authority, both at the federal and regional levels, has reached about 1.2 million vehicles. Of the total number registered; Motorcycles top the list for any type of vehicle registered by the Federal Transportation Authority.
According to the report, a total of 1,200,110 vehicles have been registered across the country through the last fiscal year ending July 7, 2020.
The report shows that Addis Ababa has registered around 630,440 vehicles, while Oromia (204,026), Amhara (106,434) and SNNPR have registered 118,424 vehicles. The four regions above are ranked 1 through 4, accordingly. The rest of the regions, according to the Ministry, are located from 5 to 11 with Tigray registering 60,800 vehicles, Dire Dawa Administration (24,510), Somali (19,579), Harari (10,728), Benishangul Gumuz (10,655), Afar (8,277) and Gambella registers 6,237 vehicles, respectively.
However, the report did not indicate how many vehicles were not registered during the period, but were expected to be registered.
According to the latest data and figure obtained by The reporter from the Federal Transportation Authority, the declared total number of registered vehicles [Of the 1.2 million registered vehicles], the majority corresponds to motorcycles (243,435) or 20.3 percent.
Meanwhile, Automobiles and Dry Cars represent 19.71 percent (236,588) and 18.33 percent (220,060) of the total registered vehicles, respectively.
Surprisingly, the data also shows that forklifts, liquid trailers, combiners, bulldozers, and motor graders account for 316 (0.026 percent), 185 (0.015 percent), 167 (0.013 percent), 27 (0.002 percent), and 16 respectively). (0.001 percent).
However, the authority’s data does not indicate whether the vehicles in the possession of the Ministry of Defense are included in the figures or not. Also, it does not show how many vehicles are owned by the private sector or whether they belong to the government.
Explaining the numbers, Yohannes Lemam, the Authority’s Chief of Education and Road Safety Awareness, said the declared number of vehicles only represents the total number of vehicles registered in fiscal year 2012 (GC 2019/20) by the authority. , but not Does not include existing vehicles in the country. He indicated that there may be more vehicles whose owners could not register them during the indicated period.
Yohannes further pointed to the fact that there are many vehicles, especially motorcycles, that have been smuggled in illegally, adding that illegal vehicles are already on the roads.
“Although we [the authority] having our own stock in control of these illegal vehicles, the mandate to pursue and capture these illegal vehicles falls mainly on the duty and power of the Ministry of Finance and Customs Offices ”, Yohannes said. The reporter adding that most motorcycles and other vehicles are smuggled through border entrances mainly from Sudan, Kenya and other neighboring countries.
Various reports place Ethiopia at a lower rate of vehicle ownership per population compared to other countries, but it has a higher accident rate and subsequent fatality rate.
Earlier this month, the Minister of State Transport, Mullu Gebre-egziabher, said that during the last fiscal year 2019/20, the number of car accidents and their substantial death rate reached lower figures than in previous periods. However, he stressed that although the death toll during the reported period appears low, the actual death toll is too large considering the total number of vehicles Ethiopia has compared to other African nations.
According to the minister, the total death in the reported The period was 464 or 10.09 percent lower than the previous year.
“Still, the latest fatality rate is too great and at a shocking level compared to the total number of vehicles Ethiopia has. This figure still reminds us that we must take urgent action to address such tragic death rates, ”he said.
According to the WHO Global Health Observatory data repository, the total number of registered vehicles in Ethiopia in 2015/16 was 708,416.
Meanwhile, the African Development Bank report dated 2014 shows that vehicles are Korea’s number one export to the Horn of Africa, especially Sudan and Ethiopia. The Horn countries have more vehicle imports than exports. The Horn countries had 928,994 registered vehicles in 2014. Ethiopia had the highest number of registered vehicles, 478,244, and an annual growth rate of 6 percent.
