Total number of persons killed through various road crashes in the Upper West Region have decreased from 58 in 2019 to 54 in 2020 despite an increase in total number of fatal cases from 43 to 49 respectively.
The road crash statistics from the Upper West Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service also indicated a decrease in total number of persons injured from 287 in 2019 to 240 in 2020.
Total number of serious cases has also scaled up from 80 in 2019 to 89 cases in 2020 whilst total number of minor cases also witnessed a jump from 31 to 48 respectively.
Pedestrian knock down almost doubled from 17 in 2019 to 32 in 2020.