31 died in road crashes between January and March 2022 in Western Region

A total of 734 persons lost their lives through road crashes between January and March 2022, a Road Traffic Crash and Casualty Situation Report from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has said.

Out of the 734 persons, 31 persons were recorded to have died in the Western Region through road accident.

A total of 177 crashes were reported from January to March 2022 in the Western Region, involving 310 vehicles in which 114 involved commercial vehicles, 110 private vehicles and 86 being motorcycle.

38 pedestrians were knocked down, 31 persons died and 139 persons sustained various degrees of injuries.

Also, the Western Region is reported to be the 9th region with the highest recorded death rate relating to road crashes in the country.

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A total of 3,932 crashes were reported, involving 6,587 vehicles and 712 pedestrian knockdowns.

The report said 4,025 persons also sustained various degrees of injuries through crashes in the same period.

The 2022 recorded cases represent a decrease of 1.92 per cent of the cases recorded (4,009) in 2021 for the same period.

A total of 6,830 vehicles were involved in the 2021 crashes, representing 3.52 per cent decrease compared to that of 2022.

Regarding pedestrian knockdowns, 724 persons were involved in 2021, representing 1.66 per cent decrease in 2022.

Out of the total number of vehicles involved in the 2022 crashes, 2,210 were commercial vehicles; 2,948 were private vehicles and 1,429 of them were motorcycles.

The top three regions, which recorded the highest number of crashes are: Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern.

Greater Accra recorded 1,661 crashes, representing 42.24 per cent of the total number of crashes.

Ashanti region recorded 918 crashes, representing 23.35 per cent, whilst Eastern region recorded 452 crashes, representing 11.50 per cent.

Savannah, North East and Oti were the three regions that recorded the lowest number of crashes.

Savannah region had 30 crashes (0.76 per cent); North-East Region recorded 17 incidents (0.43 per cent) and Oti experienced 13 crashes, (0.33 per cent).

In terms of fatalities, Greater Accra recorded 139 (18.94 per cent); Ashanti Region had 137 (18.66 per cent) and Eastern Region recorded 136 (18.53 per cent).

The Upper East and Oti regions recorded ten fatalities each (representing 1.36 per cent respectively), whilst the North East region had 7 fatalities (0.95 per cent).

The regional distribution of crashes and fatalities indicate that the Greater Accra Region, Ashanti and Eastern regions put together, contributed about 77.09 per cent of crashes and 56.13 per cent of fatalities in January and March 2022 respectively.