66% OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS EMANATE FROM ROAD CRASHES – BUREAU OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Road crashes are the major contributor of accident-related deaths in Ghana.
The Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Public Safety, Nana Yaw Akwada made this known on Citi TV’s Point of View.
“Our findings indicate that 66% of accidental deaths in the country come from road crashes. This is something that people have suggested that it is a national security matter.”
His revelation comes on the back of a series of road crashes recorded over the past few weeks.
On Saturday, September 19, 2020, some six members of a football academy at Offinso in the Ashanti Region died on the spot after a KIA Pregio vehicle they were travelling in, veered off the road and fell into the River Offin.
Four other persons were also confirmed dead following a head-on collision at Somanya in the Yilo...
