There were twelve deaths per day with an average of 4700 deaths per year since 2010. According to statistics, about 50% of road accidents occur on the Yaounde-Douala stretch and more than 60% on the Yaounde-Douala Bafoussam-Yaounde triangle.

Including the dead, there is also financial losses estimated at 100 billion CFA francs per year, according to documents from 2009 to 2014 national road safety strategy.

This macabre balance sheet was drawn up on November 10 in Douala, on the occasion of the first day of communication on the commitment of the private sector in improving road safety. The objectives were to share good practices and most importantly attract the interest of a large number of companies in developing business strategies and compliance with road safety rules and measures to prevent accidents.

For Cécile Eyike, Director of the Foundation, Safe Way Right Way (private sector business coalition in the fight against road insecurity), the specific objective is "the contribution to sustainable development of prevention through enlightenment and awareness of road users for a change of behavior."

Cameroon has also committed since 2011 as part of the Comprehensive Plan of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, for a decline in 600 deaths in the number of people killed per year in traffic accidents. This was aroused after the deadline.

Because of their respective activities, exposure to road accidents of staff vehicles and freight, the private sector, in partnership with the World Bank are committed to fight against this scourge.

"We decided to share since 2013, the road safety rules and practices to significantly reduce the human and financial losses," notes Pierre Damnon, CEO of Cimencam.

Among other measures, the training of drivers in defensive driving, road risk assessment for driver assistance drivers and initiatives promoted by the Minister for Transport, Mefire Oumarou, who urged the private sector to support government efforts to fight against road insecurity.