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 […]
Mr. Ghamsah emphasised that motorcycles remain the most common means of transportation in the Northern Region, yet many riders do not use helmets, putting their lives at risk. The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called on journalists to step up efforts in sensitising the public on the use of helmets in the Northern Region […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), in partnership with the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has stepped up public education on the use of motorcycle helmets in the Northern Region. As part of the initiative, the two institutions organised a one-day training workshop for selected journalists in the Northern region to equip them with the knowledge […]
The Legal Resources Centre, in partnership with the National Road Safety Authority, has organized a one-day sensitization workshop in Tamale for journalists and other stakeholders. The training, which is the second of its kind, focused on speed management and the use of standard helmets for motorbike riders. It forms part of efforts to raise awareness […]
The membership of the National Technical Committee (NTC) on Automobile tasked with the mandate to develop standards for motorcycle crash helmets and child restraints system has held its first meeting to develop standards for motorcycle helmets and child restraint system. The meeting which commenced on Monday, 23rd June 2025 and ends today, Friday, 27th June, […]
It is axiomatic that wearing a helmet is the single most effective way of reducing head injuries and fatalities on motorcycles and bicycles. Studies have shown that wearing a helmet has been shown to decrease the risk of serious injury on a motorcycle by 70% and decrease the risk of a fatality by 40%. Meanwhile, […]
The LRC, led by our Executive Director, Daphne Lariba Nabila, and Enock Jengre, Programmes Officer, participate in the 2025 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Africa & Middle East Regional Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. The convening, which commenced yesterday, seeks to inter alia, discuss how to enhance government & civil society partnership, collaboration and engagement on topical […]
Enock Jengre, Programme Officer at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), has called for the urgent standardization of crash helmets for motorcycle riders in Ghana as part of efforts to enhance road safety and reduce fatalities. This advocacy comes under the project titled “Supporting Advocacy Interventions Towards the Passage into Law of the Reviewed Road Traffic […]