Uganda, Nov. 17 -- A new report on motorcycle transport in sub-Sahara Africa has warned that the boom in the number of motorcycles is a risk to the lives of the citizens.

The researchers have asked the government to take urgent measures to deliver on safety, sustainability, and climate.

The report titled 'The wheels of change: Safe and sustainable motorcycles in sub-Saharan Africa,' compiled by three organisations; Amend, the FIA Foundation, and the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), indicates that motorcyclists account for more than half of road deaths, and as high as 70 percent, in many sub-Saharan countries.

As of October, sub-Sahara Africa had about 27 million registered motorcycles, up from five million in 2010, acco...