The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Kwasi Agyenim Boateng, has advised drivers to exercise extra caution during the election and Christmas periods to reduce road accidents, as reported by MyJoyOnline.

He identified human activities such as speeding, overloading, and the use of faulty tyres as the major causes of road accidents during his speech at a symposium in Kumasi.

His statement was based on an NRSA report that indicated a disturbing increase in road crashes in 2024.

The report by MyJoyOnline further revealed that a provisional annual report by the NRSA from January to October recorded 2,038 fatalities across the country.

This marks a 10.28% rise in road accident deaths compared to the 1,848 fatalities recorded during the same period in 2023.

Additionally, 12,921 road accident injuries were recorded this year, a 1.52% increase from the 12,728 injuries recorded in 2023.

However, the number of vehicles involved in accidents dropped from 19,920 in 2023 to 18,876 in 2024, representing a 5.23% decrease.

Similarly, pedestrian knockdown incidents declined from 2,067 in 2023 to 1,986 in 2024, a reduction of 3.92%.

While the total reported accident cases decreased by 5.07%, falling from 11,721 in 2023 to 11,136 in 2024, the overall impact of road accidents remains significant.

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