Ghana’s National Road Safety Authori¬ty (NRSA) has said that 1,237 persons were killed and 7,561 others injured in 6,653 road crashes in six months of this year.
The figures, according to the NRSA, were in contrast with 1,095 deaths recorded in 6,931 accidents for the same period in 2023.
It added that this year’s crashes involved 11,283 vehicles and recorded 1,219 pedestrian knockdowns.
The report by the Ghanaian Times on Wednesday, quoted the Public Relations Officer of the NRSA, Mrs Pearl Adusu Sateckla, as saying that the reported cases, vehicles involved, persons injured and pedestrian knockdowns declined by 4 per cent, 4.5 per cent, 3.8 per cent and one per cent respectively from January to June this year, while persons killed increased by 13 per cent when compared to the same period last year.
“Vehicles involved, persons killed and persons injured all decreased 12.2 per cent, 13.3 per cent, 8.1 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively whilst pedestrian knockdowns increased by 13.2 per cent in June, 2024, compared to the same period of 2023,” Mrs Sateckla said.
She explained that the road crashes were caused by speeding, wrongful overtaking, fatigue driving, inattentiveness, use of mobile phones while driving and texting.
Mrs Sateckla said that out of the 6,653 road crashes reported within the six months this year, 51 per cent (3,401) were minors crashes, 34 percent (2,261) were serious crashes and the remaining 15 per cent (991 were fatal crashes.
“In 2024, the month of March recorded the highest number of crashes with 1,145 crashes whilst the month of June recorded the least number of crashes with 1,044 crashes,” she added.
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Ghana road crashes claim 1,237 lives in 6 months – NRSA
