Editing Transport in Niger (section)

===Road safety===
Road accidents have been identified as a major public health concern by the [[Nigerien government|Nigerian government]].  According to [[Chékarou Bagoudou]], Chief of the Division of Road Safety and Security of the [[Nigerien Ministry of Transport]], there were 4338 officially reported road accidents in 2008, with 7443 victims, of which 616 were killed. With the Nigerien government counting 18949&nbsp;km of roads in the nation, this comes to one accident for every five kilometers in 2008. Speaking before a National Assembly session, Bagoudou said that the 42.2 billion CFA francs spent on medical costs for road accident victims accounted for around 25% of the 2008 budget of the [[Nigerien Ministry of Public Health]]. Transport figures concluded that 70% of road accidents were caused by "human factors", 23% by mechanical faults, and 7% by road conditions.<ref name="parlementaire2009">[http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1757:journee-parlementaire-a-lassemblee-nationale-la-question-de-la-securite-routiere-en-debat-a-lhemicycle&catid=34:actualites&Itemid=53 Journée parlementaire à l'Assemblée nationale : la question de la sécurité routière en débat à l'hémicycle] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727030713/http://lesahel.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1757%3Ajournee-parlementaire-a-lassemblee-nationale-la-question-de-la-securite-routiere-en-debat-a-lhemicycle&catid=34%3Aactualites&Itemid=53|date=27 July 2011}}. Zabeirou Moussa. [[Le Sahel]], Niamey. 8 May 2009.</ref>