COMMERCIAL BUSES ACCOUNT FOR 23 PER CENT OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS
Story: Jasmine Arku
Statistics from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicate that about 23 per cent of accident victims are occupants of commercial buses.
Most of these accidents which are preventable bring into perspective the role of transport organisations and unions in the broad framework for reducing the national crash fatality levels.
Between January and May this year, 5, 340 accidents were recorded, with 740 people losing their lives and 4, 950 others sustaining various degrees of injury.
At the launch of the second edition of the National Road Safety Awards scheduled to place in November, this year, the Executive Director of the NRSC, Mr Noble John Appiah, called on Ghanaians to demand safety on the roads in order to reduce the increasing levels of road accidents in the country.
The focus of the award is to help raise the profile of transport organisations and unions to complement the broad framework of road safety management in the country.
The award, which is institutionally based, is informed by the thinking that strong institutions would be able to put in place policies, processes and measures desirable for the public good.
This year, the awards would also recognise the media for their reportage on road safety measures.
Mr Appiah said road safety was a collective responsibility, so there was the need for passengers to be safety-conscious anytime they boarded a vehicle in order to reduce the increasing rate of road accidents in the country.
One of the ways, he said, was for passengers to be mindful of the state of the vehicle and the condition of the driver.
He also noted that more often than not, drivers did not have the moral courage to tell their vehicle owners of the bad state of vehicles they drove for fear of losing their jobs.
Mr Appiah also called on corporate institutions and private road transport organisations to put in measures and standards beyond the national standard in the issuance of licences to drivers.
He said the award of licences would be guided by the administration of the transport unions and organisations, welfare programmes for drivers, operational guidelines and enforcement programmes and training programmes for drivers and staff.
Others are the fleet maintenance record, hazard management and customer or passenger satisfaction of service delivery.
Mr Appiah noted that the country had set a target in line with the National Road Safety Strategy III and the United Nations Decade of Action to save 10,000 lives and prevent 70,000 injuries by the year 2020.
He, therefore, called on corporate Ghana to show a measure of responsibility by supporting initiatives like road safety which affect the communities, customers and consumers.
Statistics from the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) indicate that about 23 per cent of accident victims are occupants of commercial buses.
Most of these accidents which are preventable bring into perspective the role of transport organisations and unions in the broad framework for reducing the national crash fatality levels.
Between January and May this year, 5, 340 accidents were recorded, with 740 people losing their lives and 4, 950 others sustaining various degrees of injury.
At the launch of the second edition of the National Road Safety Awards scheduled to place in November, this year, the Executive Director of the NRSC, Mr Noble John Appiah, called on Ghanaians to demand safety on the roads in order to reduce the increasing levels of road accidents in the country.
The focus of the award is to help raise the profile of transport organisations and unions to complement the broad framework of road safety management in the country.
The award, which is institutionally based, is informed by the thinking that strong institutions would be able to put in place policies, processes and measures desirable for the public good.
This year, the awards would also recognise the media for their reportage on road safety measures.
Mr Appiah said road safety was a collective responsibility, so there was the need for passengers to be safety-conscious anytime they boarded a vehicle in order to reduce the increasing rate of road accidents in the country.
One of the ways, he said, was for passengers to be mindful of the state of the vehicle and the condition of the driver.
He also noted that more often than not, drivers did not have the moral courage to tell their vehicle owners of the bad state of vehicles they drove for fear of losing their jobs.
Mr Appiah also called on corporate institutions and private road transport organisations to put in measures and standards beyond the national standard in the issuance of licences to drivers.
He said the award of licences would be guided by the administration of the transport unions and organisations, welfare programmes for drivers, operational guidelines and enforcement programmes and training programmes for drivers and staff.
Others are the fleet maintenance record, hazard management and customer or passenger satisfaction of service delivery.
Mr Appiah noted that the country had set a target in line with the National Road Safety Strategy III and the United Nations Decade of Action to save 10,000 lives and prevent 70,000 injuries by the year 2020.
He, therefore, called on corporate Ghana to show a measure of responsibility by supporting initiatives like road safety which affect the communities, customers and consumers.
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