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The function of the commission is important to all aspects of the Ghanaian economy. This is because road accidents are a national issue in Ghana. Statistics show that four people die daily on Ghanaian roads due to road accident. [3] Estimates show that Ghana loses over 230 million dollars yearly due to road accidents with more than 1600 deaths. [4]
Statistics show that road accidents kill an average of four people a day in Ghana. In 2005, there was 16% increase in road accidents as compared to the preceding year. [4] Between 2007 and 2010 the MTTD reported that at least 6000 people had died due to road accidents with an additional 40000 injured within the same interval. [5]
The police affirmed it was one of the worst road accidents in Ghana in years. Even if the cause of the accident is unknown, some sources said that it could have been a problem of brakes, [7] but speeding could also have been the cause. [3] It seems the bus was overloaded, carrying more than the maximum of 63 passengers. [2]
People who died in road accidents in Ghana. Pages in category "Road incident deaths in Ghana" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total ...
The total fatalities figures comes from the WHO report (table A2, column point estimate, pp. 264–271) and are often an adjusted number of road traffic fatalities in order to reflect the different reporting and counting methods among the many countries (e.g., "a death after how many days since accident event is still counted as a road fatality?"
February 26 – Ghana – Asafo-Akyem bus crash. Two buses crashed head-on, killing 19 people on the Accra-Kumasi highway. March 2 – United States – Imperial County car crash. 13 people were killed and 13 others wounded when an SUV and a semi-truck collided in Imperial County, California. March 2 – Bolivia – Colomi bus crash.
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On 26 February 2021 at around 1:30 AM, two buses were involved in a head-on collision at Asafo-Akyem on the Accra-Kumasi highway in Ghana. [1] Nineteen people were confirmed dead, including both drivers. [2]