By: Michael Kofi Kenetey
The Eastern Regional Directorate of the National Road Safety Authority, NRSA, has revealed that a total of 13,489 road crashes were recorded in the year 2024 involving 22,975 vehicles.
15,607 persons got injured, 2,395 pedestrians were knocked down and 2,494 persons lost their lives. This was an increase in death and injuries with decrease in reported cases, pedestrian knockdowns and vehicles involved in road crashes in the region, compared to the total number of 14,135 cases recorded in the year 2023 involving 23,998 vehicles involved, resulting in the killing of 2,276 persons, 2,559 pedestrian knockdowns and 15,409 injuries.
These provisional statistics of road traffic crash and casualty for the year 2024 were made available when the Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Awatey met with the Eastern Regional Heads of Department in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Awatey charged the departmental heads not to be armed chair leaders and managers but rather field officers as well as acquaint themselves with situations on the ground and happenings around their field of work.
On education, Mrs. Awatey noted that she will prioritize the establishment and setting up of more Technical, Vocational Education and Training, TVET, to help train more people, especially the unemployed.
This, she added, will help create jobs for the youth which will help reduce crime cases as a result of financial difficulties in the region.
