Road Accidents 2021: Total Number Of People Who Died In Year 2021 Is Very Worrying

A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision, car accident or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.

Road accidents in Ghana remains a major public health and development challenge. They are among the top 10 causes of deaths in the country, draining about 2.54% of its gross domestic product annually.

Recent reports have revealed, that between the period of January and July 2021, about 8 deaths and 43 injuries were recorded daily on Ghana’s roads.

The Causes of Road Accidents, according to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), of the Ghana Police Service includes; Over Speeding, Drunken Driving, Distractions to Driver, Red Light Jumping, Avoiding Safety Gears like Seat belts and Helmets, Non-adherence to lane driving, overtaking in a wrong manner and etc.

As usual, the Ghana Police Service’s Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), has released the details statistics of the year 2021 total road accident cases in Ghana.

In their recent official release, Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), of the Ghana Police has revealed that, a total of 2,924 lives were lost through road accident in 2021.

According to the report, this is a 12.94% rise, compared to last two years’ statistics which state that 2,589 people got killed in road crashes.

The details of the MTTD report for the year ending 2021 is as follows: 15,680 people are battling with various degrees of injury. This, according to the MTTD is also a 1.05% rise compared to 2020 injury figure which was 15,517.

According to the MTTD, out of the total of 2,924 deaths that were recorded in the year 2021, 1,266 deaths and 4,758 injuries occurred as a result of motorcycle related accidents.

The report further revealed that, a total of 2,930 pedestrians were knocked down. Again, 28,152 vehicles were involved in road carnages last year…which is 11.93 percent rise compared to figures in the previous year 2020.

In the regional breakdown, the North East Region recorded least mortality, with a total of 18 deaths, and 57 injuries. Oti Region recorded the second least mortality, with a total of 20 deaths and 19 injuries.

The worst hit Region…. the Ashanti Region recorded a total of 606 deaths, with 3,890 injuries, followed by the Eastern Region with 471 deaths and 2,598 injuries. 

The Greater Accra, also recorded 442 deaths, and 2,611 injuries in the year ending 2021.

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