The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has ap­pealed to all road users to pri­ori­tise safe­ty dur­ing the Christ­mas and New Year hol­i­days, as traf­fic vol­umes in­crease across the coun­try.

The min­istry said road safe­ty be­gins with in­di­vid­ual re­spon­si­bil­i­ty and called on cit­i­zens to work to­geth­er to pre­vent avoid­able ac­ci­dents and loss of life.

It al­so urged mo­torists, pedes­tri­ans and all road users to re­main vig­i­lant, re­mind­ing the pub­lic that heav­ier traf­fic dur­ing the fes­tive sea­son re­quires ex­tra cau­tion on every jour­ney. Min­is­ter of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Sen­a­tor Eli Za­k­our urged all road users to make safe­ty their high­est, non-ne­go­tiable pri­or­i­ty dur­ing the hol­i­day pe­ri­od.