Car crashes can be brought about by various components, including hardware glitch just as the activities of the driver, for example, speeding or forceful practices like closely following or dangerous path changes. A public health concern, and a call for action in ghana, and the subregion. Road accidents and casualties in ghana ghana open data. This is because road accidents are a national issue in ghana. Road traffic injuries place a heavy burden on global and. Click to read all about coronavirus a total of 2,076 people died in road traffic accidents in 2017. Statistics show that road accidents kill an average of four people a day in ghana. Managing traffic congestion in the accra central market, ghana. Trend analysis of fatal road accidents between june 2006 and may 2014 using nigeria watch database shows that 15,090 lives were lost to fatal road accidents in 3,075 events. The most unfortunate thing is that we dont learn from our mistakes on road. Road transport accident have been identified to be the second cause of death in the country. Ghana, road traffic accident rta, fatalities, public health, safety 1. Top 15 causes of car accidents and how you can prevent.
World health organisation who and the world bank launched a decade of action for road safety in 2011 with the goal of halving the number of injuries and deaths on the roads. The most talked about and serious cause of accidents nowadays in ghana is the use of cell phone while driving. The highest fatalities during the period 1991 to 2011 were in the 26 35 year old age group. These five regions together contributed over threequarters 75. In that vein, the carnage on ghana s roads has raised road accidents to the status. Distracted driving is the most common cause of road accidents in the united states, resulting in more crashes every year than speeding, drunk driving, and other major accident causes. The incidence of deaths and injury as a result of road accidents is now a global phenomenon.
Indiscipline is yet another cause of road accident in ghana. Article pdf available in open journal of preventive medicine 411. Below, weve listed five of the most common reasons for road accidents in the united states, both for cars and commercial vehicles. Road traffic accidents are the major cause of mortality among people aged 1529 years in africa.
Safety commission nrsc of the ministry of transport mot, accra with financial assistance from the ghana road fund secretariat. Trends an patterns of fatal road accients in nigeria 2006. Identification of factors that cause severity of road. The greater accra region tops with about 53 per cent of accidents in the. No progress has been reported in low and middle income countries lmics and the number of deaths remains very high. Driving while tired can result in drivers not paying attention to vehicle speed, allowing the vehicle to drift over road lines, daydreaming or dozing while driving. Some of the indicators contributing to most rtas in ghana include indiscipline.
The irtad database includes aggregated data on injury accidents, road fatalities, injured and hospitalised road users, as well as relevant exposure data, in relation to factors. Animal in road an animal crossing the road and causing an accident. Distracted driving becomes a larger threat every year and has been the leading cause of car accidents for the past decades. Ministry of transport national road safety commission. That means no calls, no texting, no eating, no reading, no grooming or application of makeup, and talking while behind the wheel. This is followed by the ashanti region with 207 deaths, according to provisional motor accident data from the motor traffic and transport department mttd and the national road safety commission. They are the leading cause of injury, the eighth leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 29 years of age. Distracted drivers are the top cause of car accidents in the u.
It will serve a useful reminder to know that, close to 70 per cent of road traffic crash victims were males leaving our wives widowed and children orphaned. Road accidents and casualties that have occurred in the period of 2011 distributed by major cities in the country. Unknown the cause could not be deduced from the accident. Trends and patterns of fatal road accidents in nigeria 2006 2014 executive summary the incidence of fatal road accidents in nigeria is phenomenal. An investigation into the causes of accidents in the. Road accident is most unwanted thing to happen to a road user, though they happen quite often. Estimates show that ghana loses over 230 million dollars yearly due to road accidents with more than 1600 deaths. Statistics show that 60% of road accidents are caused by drunk driving and overspeeding. The first major cause of road accidents in ghana is poor driving skills. Crash resulting in injury, death or property damage and which involves at least one vehicle on a public road. Introduction road traffic accidents rtas are serious public health problem both in developed and developing countries worldwide. An analysis of the incidence and causes of road traffic. Since 1984, a large number of measures to reduce road accidents have been.
What interventions are required to reduce road traffic. Road accidents in ghana a major public concern news ghana. Here, we have depicted the major causes of road accidents. I have witnessed this many times as a passenger myself. In a year that has seen a significant increase in road accidents, eastern region leads in road fatalities with 224 deaths in the first half of 2018. Motorists who go beyond or below the prescribed speed limits on road could hit other vehicles and they could be hit as well. Other causes are the normal ones we know very well. Accidents and casualties by severity by city for 2011csv accidents and casualties by severity by major cities in ghana for the period. The conceptual framework above gives the graphical model of managing traffic congestion in accra central market. Please pay attention to the road while you are driving.
The carnage on our roads has become one of the leading causes of deaths in ghana. Few have really addressed the effects of a road accident. Most of the road users are quite well aware of the general rules and safety measures while using roads but it is only the laxity on part of road users, which cause accidents. A distracted driver is a motorist that diverts his or her attention from the road, usually to. What are the most common reasons for road accidents. This paper presents results of a research that concentrated on investigating causes of accidents on construction projects in uganda. Ghana records about 2,000 fatalities in road accidents annually as six lives are lost daily through those accidents. Exploring the major causes of road traffic accidents in. Road traffic accidents, road traffic injuries, matatus vehicles i. His model was adapted by jorgensen and abane 1999 and a host of transport experts to be applied to the causes of road traffic accidents. It is important to tackle road safety from the foundation level. In 2011, the national road safety commission reported that road accidents, caused ghana 145 million dollars, representing one point four per cent of the nations gross domestic product. Human factors as causes for road traffic accidents in the.
Very few of very well meaning ghanaians have tried in their little way to help curb this social canker by contributing in various ways. Abstract road traffic accidents rta in developing countries such as ghana have been identified as one of the major causes of death. Most people continue to negligent and ignore the danger involved in their driving and so, these accidents happen. The root cause of the menace the most common known causes of road traffic accidents in ghana include gross indiscipline on our roads, overloading, fatigue driving, drunk driving and overspeeding. Statistics show that about 30% of accidents on the roads are caused because of speeding. The study objective was to identify the variables that mainly contribute to accident severity in the northern region and to. This has become a very big problem for the nation as her citizens continue to perish.
The causes of rtas among others include human or driver errors, vehicle charac. Mervis patience muvuringi zimbabwe 48th international course in health development september 19, 2011 september 7, 2012 kit royal tropical institute development policy. Introduction road traffic accidents rtas affect populations all over the world. Recently, accident on our roads have been claiming many lives. Considering the magnitude of the effects, there is the need for concerted, multisectorial effort to combat the menace of road traffic accidents. Road accident is a global tragedy with the everrising trend.
Driver fatigue is another cause of traffic accidents occurring typically between 11 p. Of course, there is the obvious damage to property, which may include your vehicle, another vehicle, physical property, a bicyclist, p. This essay will discuss all the possible causes and solution of the road accidents. Drugs and alcohol can slow down reflexes, disrupt accurate judgments, and cause mental alertness to dip. Ghana records 2,000 road fatalities annually graphic online. Car accident caught on camera causes of road accidents. It has been classified as the second major cause of death apart from malaria and hence urgent. Of that figure, 42% were pedestrians, 23% were passengers in buses, and 12% were car occupants, while the remaining 23% consisted of riders national road safety commission, 2008. In 2005, there was 16% increase in road accidents as compared to the preceding year. Arguably, road traffic accidents and the accompanying deaths and permanent disabilities have become a growing public health problem worldwide especially in countries like ghana, where they are claiming more lives than the combined effects of the socalled killer diseases. Most of the accidents are caused by the break down of vehicles on the road. Road traffic accidents, trends, road safety, ghana.
Poor driving skills is the first major cause of road accidents. Curbing road accidents in ghana a long term solution. The number one cause of car accidents is not a criminal that drove drunk, sped or ran a red light. The construction industry in uganda and other developing countries faces a wide range of challenges, one of which is the frequent occurrence of accidents in the work areas. As a result authorities in virtually all countries of the world are now concerned about the growth in the number of people killed and injured on their roads including ghana. Pdf analyzing the causes of road traffic accidents in. It is worthy to note that, for the first time in three years, the ashanti region has recorded the highest number of fatalities as it used to be greater accra which was the leading crash prone region based on the number of persons. What are the causes and effects of a road accident. Human factors as causes for road traffic accidents in the sultanate of oman under consideration of road construction designs inauguraldissertation zur erlangung des doktorgrades dr. I want to talk about the causes of these accidents and suggest how they can be prevented or minimized. These various forms of road traffic accidents affect individuals and societies all over the world coleman, 2014.
Ghana records 11,378 road accidents as at november 2016. This is eight people less than the 2,084 people killed in 2016. Common causes of road accidents department of police. Number of car accident in us a is really very high. The function of the commission is important to all aspects of the ghanaian economy. Accidents suckup peoples ability to work, increases poverty and suffering to the victims and their loved ones. Road problem this includes an accident scene, oil, water, pothole or rock in the road, poor road markings or road signs and road works obstructing a road.