- Yango Ride reports a 31% worldwide decrease in serious traffic violations, with reckless driving incidents dropping significantly across all operational regions.
- Advanced safety measures like driver identity checks and behavior monitoring led to major declines in aggressive driving and accidents globally.
- Enhanced in-app communication features significantly reduced unwanted post-ride contact, with some markets reporting drops of up to 81%.
- The platform blocked over 17,000 fraudulent accounts and maintains 24/7 emergency support through partnerships with local public security agencies.
DUBAI/KATHMANDU Serious traffic violations reported on Yango Ride fell by 31 percent worldwide in 2024–2025, according to the company’s latest safety report.
The number of reported violations dropped from 9.83 to 6.76 per one million rides, the report said. Reports of reckless driving also fell in all of the regions where the company operates. The decline was 38 percent in Africa, 24 percent in Latin America, and 47 percent in the Middle East and South Asia.
Yango Ride operates in more than 25 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Africa, Latin America and South Asia. The company said its safety measures include driver checks, monitoring of driving behavior, emergency assistance and in-app communication.
The report said an accident or near miss was reported once every 64,000 kilometers on average across its operations.
The company also reported fewer complaints about unwanted contact between passengers and drivers after a ride in some markets. Preliminary 2026 figures show an 81 percent drop in such complaints in Peru, 78 percent in Colombia and 31 percent in Pakistan.
Yango Ride said its anti-fraud system blocked 17,275 passenger accounts worldwide in 2024–2025 after detecting possible fraud. The company said the system is also intended to protect drivers from fraudulent activity and problematic interactions.
The company provides emergency assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It aims to have a trained specialist make the first contact within five minutes in 90 percent of cases that require immediate assistance.
Driver checks and monitoring
Yango Ride checks drivers' identities, licenses and other required documents before they can provide rides. Drivers may also be asked to complete selfie checks to confirm their identity. The company also uses an anti-fraud system to detect suspicious activity.
During a ride, passengers and drivers can use the Safety Center to share their route with family members or other trusted people, request help and contact emergency services through an SOS button.
The company also monitors GPS information and driving behavior. Drivers who repeatedly show unsafe driving behavior can receive warnings or be removed from the platform.
Passengers and drivers can contact each other through the app without exchanging their personal phone numbers. Yango Ride said this has helped reduce complaints about unwanted contact after rides.
Fewer reckless-driving reports in Latin America
In Latin America, reports of reckless driving fell by 24 percent, from 11.77 to 8.91 incidents per one million rides.
The company said its system blocked 9,784 passenger accounts in the region because of suspected fraud. It also introduced 15 new safety features and updates during 2024–2025.
In Peru, reports of aggressive driving fell by 25 percent after new driving-monitoring and speed-control systems were introduced. The report also recorded a 15 percent decline in accidents and a 30 percent decline in complaints about verbal disputes between drivers and passengers.
Africa records 38 percent decline
Reports of reckless driving in Africa fell by 38 percent in 2024–2025, the report said.
The decline was 35 percent in Côte d’Ivoire, 49 percent in Zambia, 34 percent in Angola and 33 percent in Senegal.
Complaints about contact after rides also declined in those countries after the introduction of in-app calling. The reported decreases were 11 percent in Côte d’Ivoire, 22 percent in Angola, 8 percent in Senegal and 4 percent in Zambia.
Work with local agencies
Yango Ride has also worked with government agencies and road-safety organizations in some countries.
In Pakistan, the company works with the Punjab Safe Cities Authority. When a user contacts emergency services through the app, information about the ride and its location can be sent automatically to police.
In Angola, Yango Ride has an agreement with the Integrated Public Security Center to coordinate responses to safety-related incidents.
In Zambia, the company and the Zambia Road Safety Trust run the Safer Journeys to School program at five schools in Lusaka. The program includes road improvements and road-safety education and has reached about 8,000 students.
Yango Ride Chief Executive Roman Karlash said the reduction in reckless-driving reports in Africa came from the continued use of safety technology and the work of local teams.
He said the company plans to continue working on measures to prevent and identify risks and provide assistance before, during and after rides.
