{"id":740469,"date":"2022-01-08T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T12:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/2924-people-died-last-year-due-to-road-accidents\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T12:11:23","slug":"2924-people-died-last-year-due-to-road-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/2924-people-died-last-year-due-to-road-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"2924 people died last year due to road accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Road Road accidents increased in 2021<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2021 road accident death report shows a 12.94% increase compared to 2020<\/b><\/p>\n

4758 injuries caused by motorcycle-related injuries<\/p>\n

Road accidents: Ashanti region tops as it records 606 deaths <\/p>\n

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has confirmed that 2,924 people died in road crashes in 2021.<\/p>\n

The MTTD in a release indicated that the numbers recorded in 2021 represent a 12.94% rise against 2020\u2019s statistics, where 2,589 people got killed.<\/p>\n

Also, 15,680 people are battling with various degrees of injury representing a 1.05% increase compared to the year 2020 injury figure which was 15,517.<\/p>\n

Giving a breakdown of the data, the MTTD disclosed that motorcycle-related deaths summed up to 1266 while those injured were 4758.<\/p>\n

A total of 2,930 pedestrians were knocked down. <\/p>\n

28,152 vehicles were involved in road carnages last year indicating an 11.93 percent rise compared to figures in 2020.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of accident-related casualties; 606 persons got killed with 3,890 injured.<\/p>\n

It was followed by the Eastern Region which recorded 471 deaths and 2,598 injuries. In Greater Accra, 442 people were killed and 2,611 suffered injuries.<\/p>\n

North East Region was the region with the least figures with a total of 18 deaths and 57 people sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n

The Oti Region recorded the second least mortality with 20 deaths and 19 injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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