The number of people dying in road accidents in Jinja district has risen.

The Jinja district traffic officer Dickson Rugundana said seven deaths were reported last month higher that the two deaths in September.

A total of twenty five accidents occurred in Jinja in October with six being fatal, thirteen serious and six minor.

Rugundana attributed the increased deaths in road accidents to reckless driving and over speeding by the drivers.

He also cited vehicles under dangerous mechanical conditions and use of unskilled drivers as some of the causes of accidents.

He however says that the traffic road monitoring has been intensified to reduce on the deaths in road accidents especially as drivers rush to make money during the nearing Christmas season.