Upper East records 20 deaths in road accidents
The Upper East Regional Office of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has recorded 20 deaths from road accidents in 2022 half year.
Mr John Quarshie, the Principal Transport Assistant of the NRSA who disclosed this on the ‘Word Community Watch’ show on Word Fm at Zuarungu, in the Bolgatanga East District, indicated that 118 vehicles were involved in the accidents.
He said the recorded deaths were a reduction as compared to 24 deaths recorded within the same period in 2021, with 93 vehicles involved.
Mr Quarshie said injured persons in 2022 mid-year was 100, while 64 were injured in 2021, adding that out of 14 pedestrians knocked down in 2022, six died in the year under review, as compared to eight pedestrians knocked down without any recorded death.
Below is a summary of the records for the midyear
He further indicated that there was a decrease in the number of commercial vehicles involved in road accidents in 2021 from 21 to 19 in 2022 with three injured persons without any recorded death in the year under review.
Number of injured persons in 2021 were 11 with seven deaths, the Principal Transport Assistant said.
Mr Quarshie added that private vehicles involved in accidents were 30 with three injured and deaths recorded respectively in 2022, and in 2021, 15 private vehicles were involved with four injured persons without any recorded death.
Motorcycles involved in 2022 were 69, an increase from 57 in 2021, saying that 94 persons got injured, with 16 deaths in 2022, while 34 were injured with 13 deaths in 2021.
Mr Quarshie said the high number of casualties was as a result of reckless riding and driving, including wrongful overtaking on the roads.
He said accidents were likely to increase in the ensuing months, especially in December where the NRSA recorded lots of accidents which affected the region economically.
“We are losing the productive youth through road crushes,” and therefore admonished road users to pay critical attention to road signs to stay safe on the road.
Gaspard Ayuureneeya