Tag: Road crashes
Road crashes claim 26 in UER in the first half of 2020
The Upper East Region has recorded 26 deaths and 128 injured out of 105 cases of road crashes in the first half of the...
Journalists urged to mount crusade against road crashes
Mr. Roland Affail Monney, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged journalists to practice proactive rather than reactive journalism to promote...
Assembly members asked to help reduce “Okada” accidents
Mr. Kobena Woyome, the Member of Parliament for South Tongu in the Volta Region, has asked members of the local Assembly to help reduce...
Marginal increase in road crashes in Western Region
The Western Regional Directorate of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA),has recorded a marginal increase in road crashes in 2019 as against 2018.
A comprehensive...
9 confirmed killed in central Nigeria road crashes
A total of nine people were confirmed killed in two road crashes in central Nigeria, local police said on Monday.
The accidents...
Ashanti region records 334 killed deaths through road crashes
A total of 334 persons lost their lives through road crashes in Ashanti Region between January and November 2019, according to the regional Police...
Road crashes kill two persons daily in VR
Two persons are killed daily through road crashes in the Volta Region, Mr Kwasi Tsibu Yirenkyi, Volta Regional Director of the National Road Safety...
Proper training is vital to reduce road crashes
Mr Ali Wahab, Chairman of the Ghana Association of Driving Schools, on Tuesday said that proper training of drivers was necessary to reduce...
Brong-Ahafo Region Records 145 Deaths from Road Crashes
The Brong-Ahafo Region has recorded 225 road crashes that resulted to 145 deaths and 288 injuries in the first quarter of this year.
Deputy Superintendent...
All Stakeholders Must Contribute to Curbing Road Crashes
Reverend Ismaila Hans Awudu, Board Chairman of the National Road Safety Commission, has expressed concern about the recent spate of road accidents saying the...
Oppong Nkrumah Says Government is Committed to Reducing Road Accidents
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, says it is Government’s major priority to reduce the carnage on the roads through reviewing the road...
Accra-Aflao Highway Road Accidents a Source of Worry
The Police at Ada in the Greater Accra Region have expressed worry over the increasing rate of road accidents on the Accra-Aflao Highway.
Mr George...
African road safety leadership program: To help reduce rampant road-crashes.
The second Road Safety Leadership Program organized by the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP, an international partnership hosted by the World Bank), in collaboration...
Brong-Ahafo in 2018 Saw An Increase in Road Accidents
The Brong-Ahafo Region recorded higher cases of road crashes in 2018 than 2017, as a total of 475 cases were recorded last year against...
Namibia records increase in road crashes and injuries
Namibia recorded an increase in crashes by 21 percent and injuries by 29 percent between November 22 to 26, as compared to the same...
32 killed in 3-day road crashes in Namibia
Namibian Police said Tuesday that 32 people died and 207 others were injured in 77 road crashes between April 28 and May 2.
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More than 500 killed in Ghana road crashes in 3 months
More than 500 persons were killed in 2,890 motor accidents in Ghana during the first three months of this year, local media reported here...
NRSC Introduce Pre-Trip Vehicle Inspection
The Brong Ahafo Office of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) says it has intensified road safety education at lorry stations to control road...
2000 People Lose Lives Annually-NRSC
According to Mr David Osafo Adonteng, Director of Planning and Programmes, NRSC, the deaths and injuries associated with road crashes were not an individual...
Zambia seeks to address road carnage
The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) said the conference, to be hosted in collaboration with the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), will...
NRSC first international training course comes to an end
Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, the Executive Director of NRSC, said this was important as the presentations during the training had enabled them to understand and...
Ashanti Region: 133 pople perished in home accidemts
He said many others also suffered broken bones and cuts and described the trend as quite disheartening.
The recklessness and complete disregard for road traffic...
Road crashes claim 90 lives in Nigerian northwestern state in seven months – police
Most of the accidents were caused by reckless drivers, Muhammad Mustapha, the State Commissioner of Police said in a statement reaching Xinhua.
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Brong-Ahafo Records 87 Deaths In Road Accidents
He said the Region in January-February recorded 82 road crashes involving 121 vehicles while 14 pedestrians were knocked down.
Mr Agyabeng said this at a...
Brong-Ahafo MTTU recorded 645 cases of road crashes
The figure indicates almost 15.3 per cent decrease of 938 recorded in 2014.
Police Superintendent David Asirifi, Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of MTTD told the Ghana...
Motorists Advised To Consider Change In Weather Paterns
Mr Emmanuel Narh, Trainer for Technician Engineers of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has advised motorists to observe critically the weather, mechanical...
Road accidents cost South Africa billions of dollars
Road crashes cost South Africa 300 billion rand (about 25.4 billion U.S. dollars) per annum in direct and indirect costs, Minister of Transport Dipuo...
Upper West saw less accidents in 2014
The number of road accident cases in the Upper West Region reduced from 235 in 2013 to 172 in 2014, statistics from the Motor...
Ghana lost more than 1,856 souls through accidents in 2014
More than 1,850 people died through road crashes in 2014, provisional estimates from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has shown.
During the period more...
Hot arguments at Ho main lorry terminal
Drivers and passengers at the Ho main lorry terminal are accusing each other for the many road crashes in the country.
The relatively hot exchanges...