Tanzania has one of the highest road fatality rates in Africa, according to the 2015 World Health Organisation's (WHO) global status report on road safety: In 2015, almost 3,600 people lost their lives due to traffic accidents, a slight decline from the year before, when close to 3,900 fatalities were reported. 
Tanzania ni moja wapo ya nchi zenye idadi kubwa ya vifo vinavyotokana na ajali za barabarani barani Afrika. kwa mujibu wa ripoti ya mwaka 2015 iliyoandaliwa na Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) kuhusu usalama barabarani: Mwaka 2015, takribani watu 3,6000 walipoteza maisha yao kwa sababu ya ajali za barabarani, ikiwa imepungua kidogo ikilinganishwa na mwaka mmoja kabla, ambapo zaidi ya watu 3,900 waliripotiwa.