The Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), May Obiri Yeboah, on Thursday, May 20, 2021, said road crashes have killed more than 1,000 people in the country from January to April 2021.
According to her, in 2020, 2,500 people died from road crashes, adding that the figure is the highest since 1991.
Similar Incident
Exactly a month, eight people were reported dead in an accident that occurred at Soko, a farming community in the Ashanti Region.
The unfortunate incident happened on Monday, June 7, 2021, at about 7:45 am after a head-on collision of a sprinter bus and a tipper truck.
In a report filed by 3news, an eyewitness said a Sprinter bus with registration number GT 4013-14, which was coming from Kumasi at top speed collided with a tipper truck with registration number WR 1653-A.
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Mr Kwabahson has called for stiffer punishment for those convicted of reckless driving The Ghana Insurers Association (GIA), has called for stiffer penalties and more custodial sentences for those convicted of reckless driving and also appealed to all stakeholders to join hands to fight the canker.
Mr Kingsley Kwesi Kwabahson, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Insurers Association, who made the call in Accra, said the GIA which is the Trade Association of all licensed Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Ghana, remained concerned about the staggering statistics on deaths and severe injuries associated with accidents through reckless driving on the roads.