202 people die from road crashes in December 2022

A total of 202 persons died through road crashes in December last year, a Motor Accident Returns report from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MUD), has said.

The report said 152 of the death tolls were males whilst 50 were females.

A total of 1,441 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, with 245 pedestrian knockdowns also being recorded.

The report said it recorded 1,285 crashes in December 2022, involving 2,225 vehicles.

It said out of the total number of vehicles involved in the crashes, 720 of them were commercial, 1,049 were private and 456 of them were motorcycles.

Comparing the period of December 2022 to the same period in 2021, about 11.26 percent decrease in the number of cases was reported.

With regard to the number of vehicles involved in crashes for December 2022, commercial vehicles experienced a 17.43 percent decrease as compared to December 2021.

Private vehicles and motorcycles involved in crashes within the period under review also experienced a 0.96 percent and 20.70 percent decrease respectively compared to December 2021.

There was a 12.50 percent decrease in the number of pedestrian knock-downs in December 2022 as compared to December 2021.

The death toll for road crashes in December 2022, was reduced by 36.08 percent as compared to December 2021.

There was a 6.55 percent decrease in the number of persons injured through road crashes in December 2022, in comparison to the same period in 2021.

Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Eastern regions are the top three regions with the highest number of crashes in December 2022.

Greater Accra experienced 561 crashes; the Ashanti region recorded 246 crashes, whilst the Eastern region had 107 crashes.

Savanna, North East (joint figure) and Oti regions recorded the three lowest numbers of crashes. Savanna regions and North East both recorded five crashes whilst Oti had three crashes.