Legal Resources Centre Participates in 2025 Africa and Middle East Regional Meeting in Kenya
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 […]
LRC advocacy for standardization of motorcycle helmets in Ghana
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 […]
Research reveals significant underreporting of road crash deaths in Ghana
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 […]
Speeding accounts for 60% road crashes in Ghana
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 […]
LRC engages road safety authorities to address Ghana’s speed culture
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 […]
