The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has said it is seeking to reduce the number of road accident deaths by more than one thousand this year.<\/p>\n
According to the Commission, it has identified over-speeding as a major cause of accidents in the country, being responsible for over 60% of them.<\/p>\n
Two fatal accidents which occurred over the weekend killed about nineteen people, including four final year trainee nurses.<\/p>\n
One of the accidents, which occurred yesterday [Sunday, March 13, 2017] at Gomoa Mpromem, in the Central Region left 15 people dead.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the latest development in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, the Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission, May Obiri Yeboah said more critical measures needed to be put in place to prevent drivers from speeding.<\/p>\n “Since 2007, we set our yearly targets [for reducing death from road accidents]. This year, our target is one thousand, two hundred and eighty, not more than 1,280 people should die. All of us contribute to reducing that target, if I do my education, and sanitization but you as a road user, you do not do your part in bringing accidents down, we cannot achieve our target.”<\/p>\n The Commission in its appraisal of events in 2016 described as “overwhelming” the rate of rate road accidents recorded within the period.<\/p>\n The Commission said it recorded over 11,000 road accidents; about 2,000 more cases from the 2015 figure of about 9,000.<\/p>\n Its statistics indicated that the cases of road accidents in the country surged incredibly in December, owing to election-related events.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Police in Apam are optimistic the arrest of the driver alleged to be responsible for the fatal accident at Gomoa Mpromem, will help with in investigations.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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