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 […]
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The Civil Society Network on Road Safety(CSNRS) has expressed deep concern over the sentiments of some Members of Parliament to muster a two-thirds majority vote to revoke the Road Traffic (Amendment) Regulation 2024, (LI 2478), which was re-laid on September 3, 2024. According to the Network, it is particularly disheartened by the reasoning behind these […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a national non-governmental organisation deeply committed to the realisation of human dignity, has advocated for the development of standards on motorcycle helmets fit for Ghana`s weather conditions. According to the LRC, at present, Ghana does not have standards developed for motorcycle helmets. Hence, there are all manner of helmets on […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has commenced implementation on a project on road safety in Ghana. The project dubbed “Supporting Advocacy Interventions Towards The Passage Into Law Of The Reviewed Road Traffic Act And The Development Of Standards on Motorcycle Helmets” aims at supporting the Ministry of Transport (MoT), National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) to […]