From January to September 2017, the West African country Ghana has lost a total of two hundred and forty-one (241) schoolchildren to road crashes.
Within the first three quaters of 2017, the number of children lost to road accident has seen a reduction of 11.7 per cent compared to the same period last year when 273 children were killed.
The figure represents 11.7 per cent reduction compared to the same period last year when 273 children were killed.
Martin Afram, director for Research at the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) says a total of 1,534 road deaths has benn recorded between January and September 2017. This includes children, women and men.
On the gender angle, 141 of the children who died in the road crashes were males while 100 were females.
Martin explains that 402 children below the age of 18 years were involved in the accidents, adding that 2,198 traffic fatalities reported in 2016.
NRSC say, four people die daily on Ghanaian roads due to road accident. Estimates show that Ghana loses over 230 million dollars annually due to road accidents with more than 1600 deaths.
The loss correlates to 1.7% of the country’s gross domestic product.
The major cause of road accidents in Ghana is due to over speeding. This accounts for 60% of car crashes in the country.