Officer enumerates causes of road accidents

Accra, Nov. 26, GNA - Mr Justice M.Y. Amegashie, of the Ministry of Ports, Harbour and Railway (MPHR) has said 92 percent of road deaths are caused by human errors while 23 percent, mechanical and nine percent road factors.

He also disclosed that 67 percent of accident casualties are men and 23 percent are women between the ages of 24-45 years rendering people widows at premature ages, disabled and faced with poverty.

Mr Amegashie, was lecturing on Road Safety at a three-day transport policy seminar at the Ghana Labour College on Wednesday aimed at formulating a National Transport Policy for Ghana.

It was organised by the Ghana Federation of Transport Unions (FTU) in partnership with the International Transport Federation (ITF).

He urged the participants to involve education and be committed to road safety programes at their workplaces.

Mr Siisi Ocran, a Resource Person from MPHR, who touched on maritime and the rail sector also revealed that the policy would establish an efficient and sustainable transport system that would address the missing links between the different modes of transport.

He said it would also make Ghana the market leader in the rail and maritime transport industry in the sub-region by the year 2010.

He said that Ghana Railway Development Authority would be formed to regulate railway activities in Ghana.