Tag: Road Accidents
Canteen assembly carries out rehabilitation works
The spate of road accidents in Ghana is alarming.Statistics show that an average of seven deaths were recorded for the first month of 2020...
Nigeria reports 57 road accidents with 20 killed in SW states amid lockdown
A total of 20 people were killed in 57 road accidents in Nigeria's southwest states of Lagos and Ogun during the COVID-19 lockdown, an...
Tanzania’s road accidents decrease by 26 percent in 9 months
Road accidents in Tanzania decreased by 26 percent in nine months from July 2019 to March 2020, a cabinet minister told parliament on Thursday.
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Germany’s death toll from road accidents hits record low in 2019
A total of 3,059 people died in road accidents in Germany in 2019, a decline of 6.6 percent compared to the previous year, the...
94 dead in road accidents in Namibia during festive season
A total of 94 people in Namibia lost their lives in separate road accidents during the recent festive season, the Namibian Police Force said...
Zimbabwe’s Chiwenga laments high road accidents
Acting Zimbabwean President Constantino Chiwenga on Monday bemoaned the continuous loss of lives in the country through road accidents.
His comment came...
Road accidents kill 138 during festive season in Zimbabwe
At least 138 people died in 1,518 road accidents during the three-week festive period from Dec. 15, 2019 to Jan. 6, 2020, the Zimbabwe...
Ghana: road accident kills 7 people
Seven people were confirmed dead while an unspecified number sustained various degrees of injury when two vehicles collided at Kubease near Kumasi, a major...
Nigeria embarks on special operation to curb road accidents
Road officials in Nigeria have embarked on a special patrol operation that involves enlightening drivers in an effort to curb road accidents in the...
Drivers Tasked to Observe Safety Measures
Nana Kofi Nyarko, President of the Rotary Club of Accra Ring Road Central (RRC) has called on drivers to apply all safety measures to...
Nigeria warns against road accidents in rainy season
The Nigerian government on Friday warned motorists against possible road disasters in the country as heavy rain is expected to lash the country.
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We must find lasting solutions to road accidents in Ghana – Otabil
The General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has described recent road accidents on the Kintampo and Cape Coast roads that claimed about...
Namibia records a decline in road accidents
Namibia Motor Vehicle Accident Fund on Saturday said the country recorded a significant decline in road crashes.
Speaking in Windhoek, MVA Fund Chief Executive Officer,...
Upper East recorded 65 deaths from road crash in 2018
Sixty-five persons died in the Upper East Region in 2018 according to statistics from the Regional branch of National Road Safety Commission (NRSC).
The figures...
Tema Road Accidents killed 120 People
One hundred and twenty persons were killed through road accidents in Tema and its environs in 2018.
The figure shows a decrease of five compared...
Combating Traffic Road Accidents in Nigeria with Vehicle Inspection Operation as a Vital Solution
There is no doubt that driving is a complex and task demanding activities that requires a good driving skills and knowledge, road-worthy vehicle and...
207 Deaths were recorded in Central Region from road accidents
A total of two hundred and seven (207) people were killed in road crashes in the Central Region last year, thereby recording an increase...
Zambia records 188 road accidents during Africa Freedom Day holiday
Zambia recorded 188 road traffic accidents during the Africa Freedom Day holiday, with eight of them being fatal one, police said on Tuesday.,
Godfrey Chilabi,...
Tanzania sees drop in road accidents
Tanzanian Minister for Home Affairs Mwigulu Nchemba told parliament on Thursday that the number of accidents in the east African nation dropped by 35.7...
Road accidents claim 15 lives in Kenya
At least 15 people were killed and more than ten others injured in two separate accidents across Kenya early Sunday, the police said.
Eight passengers...
Road accidents kill 396 people in Zambia in Q1 – police
A total of 396 people died in traffic accidents on roads in Zambia in the first quarter of 2018 while 673 others were seriously...
Between January and February over 360 road accidents deaths were recorded
More than 360 persons died while over 2,272 others were injured in vehicular accidents in the first two months of 2018.
A total of, 2,085...
Road accidents in Tanzania decline by 48 percent in 3rd quarter
Tanzanian traffic police said Wednesday that road accidents in the East African nation declined by 48 percent in the third-quarter of 2017 compared to...
Road accidents kill 423 in Nigeria in one month
A total of 423 people were killed and 2,339 others injured in road accidents across Nigeria in July, the country's road commission said Friday.
Of...
26 die in Zambia long weekend road accidents
At least 26 people died in various road traffic accidents recorded during Zambia's long holiday, the police said on Thursday.
Esther Mwaata-Katongo,...
More Men Killed In Road Accident In 2016
The 2016 provisional data on road accidents provided by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has shown that 1,701 men were killed in road...
Road accidents In Ghana A Major Public Concern
The carnage on our roads has become one of the leading causes of deaths in Ghana. On the average, 6 people die daily and...
Over 2,200 people killed in Zambia road accidents last year
Zambia recorded a total of 32,350 road traffic accidents last year in which 2,206 people lost their lives, the police said on Thursday.
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Road Traffic Accidents Increase In C/R
Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine (789) road traffic accidents were recorded in the Central Region (C/R) from January 1st to 31st December, 2016 against...
SW Pakistan road accident claims 14 lives, 19 injured
At least 14 people were killed and 19 others injured in three separate road accidents in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province over the last 24...