The workshop, organized by the National Road Safety Authority, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), and Bloomberg Philanthropies for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), was to equip communication officers of road safety organizations with the requisite knowledge to help reduce crashes. He said there was increasing evidence that road traffic deaths were increasing yet no serious attention was being paid to the menace. Data from the Global Burden of Road Traffic Crashes in lower-middle-income countries for 2019 to 2020 indicate that road traffic injuries were the tenth leading cause of deaths, he said. Dr. Awuah said road traffic injuries were the only cause of deaths that could be prevented, adding: “We need to view the issue from the public health perspective... Road traffic injuries are the number one preventable injuries globally, and these disabilities, when they occur, are for life." He called on road safety agencies in the country to play their part in improving safety, particularly among vulnerable road users.

Source: GhanaWeb October 03, 2021 14:57 UTC