Acting Director General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), David Osafo Adonteng, has revealed that his outfit has revised road safety interventions, emphasizing the adoption of technology to combat road crashes.

The NRSA plans to install cameras and vehicle tracking devices to monitor motorists, ensuring compliance with speed limits and discouraging wrongful overtaking.

Over speeding is a critical contributing factor to accidents, and the stringent measures aim to counter it.

“We are adopting technology and that is the order of the day across the world, so, cameras are going to be fixed on major highways and selected locations to monitor those who jump red lights.

We are going to put speed limiters and tracking systems in all the vehicles so you cannot go beyond that limit and wherever you are we can see, when you are doing wrongful overtaking, we can see you,” Mr Adonteng explained.

The nationwide implementation of road safety technology is expected to make Ghana a success story in road safety management.

The new NRSA Legislative Instrument empowers the authority to regulate passenger transport services, aiming to reduce accidents by licensing operators and enforcing standards.

“We are going to license all the transport services operators, know where they are and give them some standards to operate within,” he indicated.

Vehicles violating road traffic regulations will face sanctions, and unfit vehicles and unqualified drivers will be barred from operating.

The NRSA collaborates with stakeholders to enforce these measures.

The authority's strengthened road safety management interventions have contributed to a reduction in road accidents and vehicle involvement in accidents in the first half of 2023 compared to 2022.

Challenges like riding without helmets and underage riding, particularly in northern regions, are gradually being addressed.

The Upper West Regional office of NRSA is commended for its efforts in improving road safety despite financial and logistical challenges.

Mr. Adonteng appeals to stakeholders and the media to strengthen their activities for more effective road safety management.