For the first time in many years, road crashes, injuries and deaths (CIDs) have consistently declined for eight consecutive months.
Latest statistics from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) revealed that a total of 1,615 people perished in 10,060 crashes from January to August, this year, with 10,406 others sustaining varying degrees of injury.
These figures show a reduction in all indicators compared with the same period in 2021 when 1,891 people were killed in 10,594 crashes which also injured 10,344 others.
In percentage terms, the reduction in deaths represents 14.6 per cent while crashes are reduced by five per cent.
The acting Director-General of the NRSA, David Osafo Adonteng, who made the statistics available to the Daily Graphic yesterday[September 14, 2022], said the consistent decline in CIDs was positive energy for the authority.
Statistics
The statistics further showed that 5,900 commercial vehicles were involved in the crashes, with private vehicles and motorcycles accounting for 7,728 and 3,644, respectively.
Compared with the same period last year, the number of commercial vehicles involved in crashes reduced by 6.8 per cent from 6,303 with motorcycles involved in accidents also declining by 11.01 per cent from 4,095.
Conversely, private vehicles recorded a 0.89 per cent hike in crashes this year compared with 2021 where 7,660 were involved in crashes.