Tanzania road traffic (Photo: Jeb Sharp)

More than a million people die on the roads every year, the vast majority in the developing world. In some age groups the deaths outpace those from diseases like AIDS and malaria and yet those receive far more attention and funding. We go to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to witness a slice of the global epidemic in road traffic injuries and what can be done about it.

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