Research findings by the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service show that 293 teenagers were killed from January to September 2021.
Out of the number, 193 were male and 100 were female teenagers.
Provisional data compiled by the MTTD revealed that the number of commuters killed in road traffic crashes for the first nine months of the year 2021 rose by 16.37% compared to the same period last year.
It increased from 1,827 between January and September 2020 to 2,126 in the first nine months of this year.
The data shows that 1,751 males and 375 females comprising died from crashes.
Out of the 2,126 killed in the first nine months of this year, 607 commuters representing 28.5% of all fatalities were as a result of pedestrian knockdowns.
In addition, 1,551 pedestrians were injured from knockdowns.
According to the data, 912 commuters, representing 42.8% of all fatalities were killed by motorcycles.
Similarly, out of the 11,659 persons injured, motorcycles also injured 3,553, which represent 30.4% of all commuters injured during the nine months.
Per the data, commercial vehicles also killed 725 commuters, and this represents 34.1% of total fatalities.
In the same vein, commercial vehicles also injured 5,546 people, which represent 47.5%.
It also revealed that 489 travelers representing 23% were killed by private vehicles.
Similarly, 2,560 commuters representing 21.9% were also injured by private vehicles.
In respect of the 20,225 vehicles involved in crashes, 8,608 (42.5%) were private vehicles, 7,093 (35%) were commercial vehicles, while 4,524 (22.3%) comprised motorcycles.
The worrying thing is that motorcycles that have the lowest occupancy rate and carry fewer passengers killed the highest number of commuters.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
