242 persons were killed in road
accidents from January to September 2020 in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions.
The Regional Manager of the National Road Safety
Authority (NRSA) for the three regions, Kwasi Agyenim Boateng disclosed this
during a sensitization program for drivers at the main Sunyani Lorry Station.
810 persons also got injured within the same period.
Pedestrian knockdowns were 42,
17 emanating from the Ahafo Region, 23 from Bono East, and two from Bono.
The statistics also indicated that there were 304
motorcycle crashes- 111 recorded in Bono, 68 in Bono East, and 125 in the Ahafo
Region.
Mr. Boateng noted that the Bono East Region continues
to lead in the road crashes.
He added that the NRSA will continue with its
sensitization exercises to reduce these crashes.
“The Authority has intensified its education efforts and
outreach programs as well as fulfilling its mandate of development of road
safety education in the three regions of Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions.”
He called on the media to join
the NRSA in its education.
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to the
media to help in educating the general public as much as they are quick to
announce road traffic crashes. The Authority would be teaming up with the media
to intensify the ‘Arrive Alive’ mass media campaign in the regions.”
He also disclosed that NRSA has introduced Road
Safety Inspectors at the various lorry terminals who would help in the road
safety measures at these terminals.
Ghana loses up to $10 billion dollars of its annual
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to deaths linked to road crashes, according to a
road safety researcher at the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit.
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