General News of Sunday, 25 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe world's deadliest roads have been revealed through a new research with Ghana getting top mention for the Africa region thanks to the Accra - Cape Coast highway. "In Africa, the road with the deadliest reputation is the Accra to Cape Coast Road in Ghana, which connects Accra to Cape Coast. In early 2018, the National Road Safety Commission, NRSC, disclosed that 60% of all accidents in 2017 occured on that road. Ms Affotey-Annang, the then Acting Regional Manager for the Commission told journalists that road accidents increased from 788 in 2016 to 978 in 2017; which represented an increase of 23.7 per cent. Records indicate that a third of Cameroon's 3,000 annual accidents are recorded on the road.

Source: GhanaWeb July 25, 2021 07:18 UTC