Carnage on our roads: 186 persons have died in July 2023

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Road crash death toll in July 2023 increased by 30.07% as compared to same period in 2022, a Road Traffic Crash and Casualty Situation report has indicated.

According to a Road Traffic Crash and Casualty Situation,  a total of 186 persons were recorded to have died through road crashes from January 2023 to July 2023 whereas 143 persons died in July 2022.

The report said 149 of the dead were males (representing 80%) whilst 37 were females (representing 20 per cent).

A total of 1,328 persons got injured with 213 pedestrians knocked down.

The report said it recorded 1,233 road crashes in July 2023, involving 2,099 vehicles.

It said out of the total number of vehicles involved in the crashes, 742 of them were commercial, 917 were private and 440 of them were motorcycles.

In July 2023, 325 motorbikes (only 2 wheelers) constituted 74% of crashes involving all cycles whilst 93 tricycles (3 wheelers) contributed 21%, followed by 17 bicycles and five handcarts constituting 4% and 1% respectively.

Comparing the period of July 2023 to the same period in 2022, there has been a 4.31 increase in the number of cases reported.

Private vehicles constituted the largest proportion of vehicles involved in crashes in July 2023, representing 43.69% followed by commercial vehicles with 35.35% and motorcycles with the least proportion of 20.96%.

According to the report, private vehicles recorded a decrease in the numbers involved in crashes in 2023 as compared to 2022.

However, commercial vehicles and motorcycles crash involvement increased by 17.59% and 2.09% respectively in 2023 when compared to 2022.

There was a 4.91% decrease in the number of pedestrian knock-downs in July 2023 as compared to July 2022.

The number of persons injured through road crashes in July 2023 increased by 8.76% in comparison to the same period in 2022.

Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern regions were the top three regions recording high number of crashes in July 2023.

Greater Accra experienced 469 crashes; Ashanti region recorded 299 crashes, whilst Eastern region had 139 crashes.

North East, Oti and Savanna regions recorded the three lowest number of crashes.

They recorded three, two and one crashes respectively.