A complete of 20 corridors and intersections have been identified as excessive threat in phrases of highway crash fatalities in the capital, Accra.
Of the ten corridors that accounted for 132 deaths from 2019 to 2021, the Apenkwa overhead to Dimples roundabout and the Akweteyman-Lapaz on the George Walker Bush Road (N1) topped the record with 21 deaths every.
The “Accra Road Safety Report 2021,” which was launched in Accra on Friday, revealed that the Airport Junction-North Dzorwulu intersection recorded 14 deaths, adopted by the Abeka Junction-J.A Kufuor Avenue with 9 deaths, and the Hansonic-Kaneshie First Light, eight.
For the ten intersections, Opeibea intersection alongside the Liberation highway; Lapaz and North Dzorwulu, each on the N1 and
Kawukudi, had been ranked the riskiest with seven deaths every, whereas the fifth, the Hansonic Junction alongside Dr Busia Highway, recorded 4 deaths.
“These locations should inform priorities for road infrastructure maintenance, intersections design, interventions and enforcement operational planning,” the 50-pages annual report stated.
(*20*) to offer highway crash info for context-specific interventions inside Accra, the report was sponsored by the Bloomberg philanthropies initiative for international highway security.
The organisation labored in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), the Ghana Police Service, the National Road security Authority and different establishments.
It findings confirmed that the variety of reported highway visitors crashes in Accra rose from 1,774 in 2020 to 1,808 in 2021, representing a two per cent enhance.
However, it stated highway visitors deaths declined from 136 in 2020 to 123 in 2021; representing a 9 per cent lower in demise.
The AMA Chief Executive, Elizabeth Sackey, who launched the report, stated though town had recorded a slight lower in deaths, stakeholders wouldn’t relaxation till our roads turn into safer for customers.
She stated they’d relatively double their efforts in numerous interventions to realize a significant discount to avoid wasting lives and properties.
“Speeding nonetheless stays the primary threat issue for extreme highway crashes globally and regionally. Data from the report exhibits that general dashing has elevated from 50 per cent in 2021 to 51 per cent in 2022.
“Motorcycles topped the list of vehicles observed to be speeding over the posted limit. This could be attributed to high patronisation of motorcycles for private and commercial purposes,” Mrs Sackey stated.
She urged all key highway security institutions, together with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, the National Road Safety Authority, Department of Urban Roads, and the Police MTTD, amongst others, to make use of this report successfully to information interventions being undertaken
BY BERNARD BENGHAN & SONNY SEYRAM QUARTEY
Source: www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh
