Police hails decline in road accidents

The Asante-Akim South District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Samuel Sandow Latebu has described as refreshing the sharp decline in accidents on the Yawkwei – Nadieso stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway.

This section of the road is an accident black spot and over the years had claimed many lives.

DSP Latebu told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that six car crashes, with one death, occurred there within the third quarter of this year compared to the same period the previous year, which recorded 12 crashes with four killed.

The second quarter of 2011 saw 32 accidents with four fatalities at the very spot and this dropped to 12, and two lives lost, in 2012.

In the first quarter there were 13 accidents as against the last year’s 20 cases.

DSP Latebu said the stepped up road safety campaign was paying off and expressed the hope that the downward trend would continue especially as the Christmas season approached.

He urged drivers to observe road traffic regulations and avoid speeding to help reduce the carnage.

Source: GNA