Causes

CAUSES

It is believed that majority of road crashes are caused by human error. Research has shown that driver’s error accounts for over 80% of all fatal and injury crashes in the Irish roads.

Many people die as a consequence of inexperience speeding intoxication through drink or drugs or just plain reckless and tiredness.

Policemen on the search

Overtaking in the night and series of vehicles at a time is also contributing factors in the road accident, and the basic principle in preventing of road crash is see and be seen. A responsible driver should not overtake when he or she cannot see what is ahead.

An accident scene at Nungua

The absence of a functioning traffic light in most of the regions in Ghana continues to pose grave danger to lives of both motorists and pedestrians. It is also believed that offloading and picking more passengers of unapproved loaches, driving without license and insurance, abuse of the trade license plates and obscuring the use of the number plates are factors to road accidents.

Lack of wearing seat belts on every journey, drivers should cultivate the habit of wearing seat belts, including the passengers.

Careless drive at achimota road