Road Accidents: Six die in Greater Accra weekly

A data released by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), indicates that nearly six persons lose their lives to accidents in Greater Accra Region alone every week; this has been consistent in a nine (9) month period, based on statistics from January to September 2014.

Within the same period, it was captured also that, averagely, 53 persons were injured, with reported number of accident being 106 per week, involving 171 vehicles.

The breakdown of the statistics was given as follows: Tema region – 1,091 crashes, involving 1884 vehicles.

Eastern region, had one thousand, one hundred and sixteen (1, 116) road accidents involving 1652 vehicles, while Central region had 792, involving 1133 vehicles.

Western region recorded a total of 619 road crashes involving 898 vehicles; with Ashanti region recording 937 road crashes involving 1383 vehicles.

The rest are; Volta region which recorded 510 road crashes involving 785 vehicles; Northern region recorded 154 road crashes involving 232 vehicles.

Upper West recorded 128 road accidents, involving 198 vehicles, with Upper East recording 102 road crashes involving 147 vehicles and Brong Ahafo recording 786 road accidents, involving 1113 vehicles.

In all, in 2013 from January to September, the country recorded a total of ten thousand, five hundred and fifty-eight (10, 558) as against ten thousand and sixty-one (10,061) in 2014 representing a reduction of 4.71.

In 2013, a total of 16,242 vehicles were involved in accident, as against 15, 600 in 2014 representing a decline of 3.95.

Accidents killed 15, 538 persons in 2013 and 14, 441 in 2014 representing a decline of 6.31.

Then again, 9, 741 persons got injured in 2013 and in 2014, 8, 802 representing a 9.64 decline.

We reproduced the Data for our valued readers’ attention; and why drivers must not be spared as a result of their recklessness in some of the accidents on our roads.