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The Volta Regional Directorate of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has organised a day’s intensive training on regulatory directives, for high occupancy passenger operators in the Ho Municipality. Mr Kwasi Tsibu Yirenkyi, Volta Regional Director of NRSA, said the regulatory directives were aimed at maintaining safety and reducing crashes on the road to its barest minimum. The directives include enforcement and implementation of Regulation 118 of Road Traffic Regulations 2012 (L.I.2180), which requires that drivers of commercial vehicles take a mandatory rest of 30 minutes after a continuous period exceeding four hours. Or eight hours of rest after an aggregate of more than eight hours in a period of twenty-four hours or 500 kilometres whichever comes first. ....
A total of 442 roads crashes were recorded in the Volta Region between January and November 2020, with 22 percent being fatal, 46 percent serious and 32 percent minor. The month October, recorded the highest with 43 reported crashes while July recorded the least, with 29 reported crashes. A total of 444 vehicles, made up 200 commercial and 244 private vehicles respectively, and 247 motorcycles and tricycles were involved. A total of 120 lives, made up of 90 male and 30 female perished in the crashes within the period. The Region recorded 445 injuries through the crashes during the period, with 162 and 87 caused by commercial and private vehicles, respectively, while 196 was by motorcycles. There were also a total of 101 pedestrians knocked down, out of which 59 were injured with 42 meeting their untimely death as a result. ....
A total of 442 roads crashes were recorded in the Volta Region between January and November 2020, with 22 percent being fatal, 46 percent serious and 32 percent minor. The month October, recorded the highest with 43 reported crashes while July recorded the least, with 29 reported crashes. A total of 444 vehicles, made up 200 commercial and 244 private vehicles respectively, and 247 motorcycles and tricycles were involved. A total of 120 lives, made up of 90 male and 30 female perished in the crashes within the period. The Region recorded 445 injuries through the crashes during the period, with 162 and 87 caused by commercial and private vehicles, respectively, while 196 was by motorcycles. There were also a total of 101 pedestrians knocked down, out of which 59 were injured with 42 meeting their untimely death as a result. ....