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 […]
The Board, Management and Staff of the Legal Resources Centre wish to inform our partners, corporate family, clients and the general public that our offices will be closed from Friday, 20th December, 2024 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Monday, 13th January, 2025. We look forward to a much more fulfilling new year of […]
A recent study by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) has revealed that road crash fatalities in Ghana maybe 200% higher than reported by the Ghana Police Service and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). According to BIGRS, limitations in resources and challenges in tracking victims through hospitals and mortuaries contribute to […]
Sixty percent (60%) of road crashes leading to pedestrian and passenger knockdowns in Ghana are speed-related, speakers at a day-long road safety engagement forum in Accra have revealed. While tyre bursts, brake failures, overloading, and bad roads are major contributing factors, speeding has been identified as the key contributor to these incidents. The forum, organized […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has partnered with road safety experts to develop a strategy to end Ghana’s notorious speed culture, which is responsible for over 39 per cent of road crash fatalities nationwide. The Centre is concerned by the alarming number of fatalities and injuries on Ghanaian roads every year, primarily due to the […]