The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in collaboration with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and Vital Strategies, has held the second edition of its Road Safety Journalism Training in Accra, with a focus on empowering journalists to lead the charge in road safety advocacy. The training, which comes at a time when Ghana is grappling […]
The Legal Resources Center has admonished journalists in the Northern Region to double their efforts reportage on road crashes and road-related offenses. The centre has over the years challenged journalists across the country to increase responsibility and professionalism in reporting on road-related issues. Journalists from across the northern regional capital, Tamale, were brought together and […]
Roads in the Ashanti region remain deadliest in terms of accidents in Ghana. According to the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), the region had, as at the end of July 2025, recorded 25.7 percent of road fatalities, and 34.6 percent of injuries, making it the highest in the country. From January 2020 to July 2025 […]
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has identified the Ashanti Region as the epicenter of road crashes in Ghana, at least over the last four and a half years. Data gathered by the Authority reveal that from 2020 to 2024, the region recorded a total of 17,680 road crashes, resulting in the deaths of 2,831 […]
The Ashanti Region continues to record the deadliest road crashes in the country, accounting for the highest number of deaths and injuries from January 2020 to July 2025, according to data from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). The region contributed 25.7% of all fatalities and 34.6% of injuries nationwide within the five-and-a-half-year period, making […]
The Northern Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abdulai Bawa Ghamsah, has expressed deep concern over the persistent refusal of motorists to wear proper crash helmets, despite their proven role in saving lives and reducing road fatalities. Speaking at a capacity-building training programme for journalists and news editors in Tamale on September […]
The Ashanti Region has recorded a total of 3,131 deaths from road crashes over a period of five years and seven months, making the roads in the region the deadliest in the country. The National Road Safety Authority reported that 2,831 deaths occurred between January 2020 and December 2024. Additionally, from January 2025 to July […]