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1,921 killed in road accidents

Road safety is a shared responsibility and everybody has a part to play to ensure zero fatalities and injuries.

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Director of Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Transport, Irene Messiba made this known on Sunday, 18 November 2018 at an event held at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital to mark this year's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) on the theme: "Roads Have Stories."

She said the number has increased compared with the same period in 2017.

Ms. May Obiri-Yeboah, the Executive Director of National Road Safety Commission on her part stated that the Commission considers the incessant accidents trend unacceptable considering that these crushes are emerging.

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The Metropolitan Chief Executive of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah admonished all road users to be responsible on the roads by obeying traffic regulations in order to prevent fatalities and injuries.

According to him, road safety is a shared responsibility and everybody has a part to play to ensure zero fatalities and injuries.

"Drivers must desist from the act of drunk-driving, put on their seat belts and reduce their speeds. The motor rider and his passenger must always wear their helmets, pedestrians are also cautioned to use the walkways, cross at pedestrian crossings and wait for the signals before crossing the road," he said.

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