Winneba(CR), March 20, GNA - The Kasoa District Police Command, has identified 11 accident prone areas along the Winneba-Kasoa-Accra road. They are Brigade, Galilea, Amanfrom, Potsin Junction, Budumburam and Gomoa Okyereko Junction. The rest are Adawuku, Bible College Area, Tipper Junction, Awutu Beraku and Gomoa Buduatta Junction. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jordan Quaye, Kasoa District Police Commander, disclosed this to Ghana News Agency in Winneba on Thursday.

He cautioned motorists to slow down at these spots due to the dangerous curves, nature of the road, slippery steeps, narrow bridges and undulating nature of the area worsened by erosion. DSP Jordan Quaye said about 100 people including drivers and passengers had died at these areas since January 2008 involving 46 vehicles and five hit-and-ran drivers. He stressed the need for stakeholders in the transport industry to collaborate with the District Police Command, Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) and to strategies to prevent accidents on the Accra-Cape Coast road.

DSP Jordan Quaye advised motorists who ply the Accra-Cape Coast road through Kasoa to be extra careful to avoid accidents. In another development, leadership of Winneba branch of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of GTUC has appealed to the Minister of Roads and Transport to install speed ramps on major roads, especially Accra-Kumasi and Accra-Winneba-Takoradi Highways. Mr Samuel Quartey, Vice Chairman of the Union, who made the appeal, called on Government to enforce the ban on movement of heavy duty vehicles on the road after 1800 hours to reduce road accidents.