10th August 2022 12:42:36 PM
1 min readFor a period of seven months, 1,443 people have lost their lives through road crashes, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed.
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According to the MTTD, between January and July 2022, the Ghana police service record about 886 road carnages with 9,218 people surviving with several degree of injures.
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Speaking to Citi News after the launch of the GPRTU App, Director of Operations for MTTD, Supt. Dr. Samuel Sasu Mensah said, despite the alarming figures, the country has recorded a marginal decrease in both fatalities and injuries.
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He is optimistic that the number of road crashes can be brought to it barest minimum if motorists drive cautiously.
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“From January to July 2022, we had 886 cases being reported to the police and out of this, those who were killed were 1,443 and those who got injured were 9,218. However, we have a marginal decrease in both fatalities and injuries. So as we progress in the year, we hope that, through good practices by the drivers, road crashes being recorded in the country will be reduced.â€
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