ABSTRACT
Injuries due to motorcycle accidents represent a major but often-neglected emerging public health problem in developing countries which contribute significantly to overall road traffic injuries. The World Health Organization's Global Status Report on Road Safety named Uganda among countries with alarmingly high road accident rates. The debilitating effects of road accidents on victims, their families and society are discussed extensively in road safety literature. The growth of hired/commercial motorcycles (commonly known as boda boda in Uganda) as a mode of transportation has increased road safety challenges. The bodaboda business is a money-making activity involving many players; and given the rate of unemployment in Uganda, the number of boda boda motorcyclists is expected to increase. Many people view the boda boda business as an extremely odd job, implying that only the less educated and less significant sections of the people are engaged in it.
