Atiso Sossou (36), who was a passenger on a motorcycle when it was involved in an accident, is comforted by her sister Abla in the Sylvanus Olympio hospital.

As motorcycle ownership in sub-Saharan Africa has grown from less than five million in 2010 to an estimated 27 million in 2022, the rate of death and injury from crashes has surged. In Togo, 72% of all road deaths are due to motorcycles, officially accounting for 681 lost lives in 2021.