The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has disclosed that about 7,600 people died from road crashes between January and June 2024.
The Authority said out of this figure, many were a result of wrongful overtaking and failure by drivers to observe traffic signs.
Head of Public Relations at the National Road Safety Authority, Pearl Adusu Sateckla, described the situation as “worrying”.
“The contributory factor might be as a result of head-on-collision, and head-on-collision is as a result of wrongful overtaking and overspeeding. Research has shown that about 90% of our drivers plying our roads in the country do not adhere to the speed limits in the country.
When the speed is high, the severity of the crash is so much,” the Head of Public Relations at the NRSA said.
In a statement, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Ghana called on the government to urgently constitute a committee to thoroughly investigate the entire chain of events leading to recent road accidents and make its findings public.
