A former MTTD Commander of the Greater Accra Region, Rtd. ACP. Victor Tandoh is urging both drivers and passengers to avoid attributing road accident that occur during Christmas to Spirituality.
According to him, per road accident statistics available, several road accidents which occur on our road during Christmas are caused by reckless driving by most drivers and not spirituality.
Rtd.ACP. Victor Tandoh is therefore entreating all drivers to practice the ‘COAT'(Concentration, Observation and Anticipate and Tolerance) principles in other to avoid the numerous road accidents during Christmas.
Rtd.ACP Victor said this in an interaction with journalist during his annual charity work to the less privileged in society including the aged, widows, widowers, Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) and Orphans at Abenaase in the Eastern Region of the West Akyeam District which included Bags of Rice, Oil, Sardines and money..
A total of 1,985 persons lost their lives through road accidents between January and October 2022, a Motor Accident Returns report from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has indicated.
The report said 1,564 of the casualties were males whilst 421 were females.
13,109 people sustained various degrees of injuries, involving 2,210 pedestrian knockdowns.
The report said it recorded 12,565 crashes from January to October 2022, involving 21,593 vehicles.
It said 7,307 commercial vehicles were involved in road crashes within the said period, with 9,735 of them being private vehicles and 4,551 motorcycles.
Comparing January to October 2022 to the same period in 2021, there has been a 6.61 per cent decrease in the number of cases reported and a 5.92 per cent decrease in vehicles involved in crashes.
There was a 10.31 per cent decrease in the number of pedestrian knockdowns this year, compared to the same period in 2021.
The number of persons killed from January to October 2022 reduced by 18.18 per cent as opposed to January to October, 2021.
There was a 0.33 per cent decrease in the number of persons injured through road crashes from January to October 2022, over the same period in 2021.
The number of commercial vehicles involved in road crashes from January to October 2022 also reduced by some 8.98 per cent in comparison to last year.
Private vehicles involved in road crashes from January to October 2022 decreased by 0.75 per cent and 11.03 per cent for motorcycles.
Greater Accra, Ashanti and Eastern regions were the top three regions to record the highest number of crashes from January to October this year.
Greater Accra experienced 4,618 crashes; Ashanti region recorded 2,886 crashes, whilst Eastern region had 1,288 crashes.
Upper West and Savanna (joint figure); North East and Oti regions recorded the three lowest numbers of crashes.
The Upper West and Savanna regions both had 82 crashes; the North-East Region recorded 48 incidents and Oti experienced 43 crashes.
In expressing their gratitude to ACP Victor Tandoh some of the beneficiaries including the aged, widows, orphans, single mothers, Person Living with Disabilities (PWDs) collaborated that they are very happy since these items will go a long way to bring joy to them in this festive season