New road safety measures expected to cut crashes beyond 5% annual target– MTTD
The Director of Education, Research and Training at the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, says Ghana’s new road traffic regulations are expected to help reduce road crashes.
He said the measures form part of the country’s broader road safety efforts and its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include a target to significantly reduce road crashes.
Speaking with David Akuetteh on LUV FM on Thursday, September 17, ACP Obeng said Ghana’s existing road safety framework seeks to achieve an annual reduction of about five per cent in crashes. He said the new measures could help the country make faster progress towards the wider target.
“What the UN imposed on us as the guiding target within the SDGs is that, by the end of the period, we should reduce road crashes by 50% from the 2021 baseline,” he said.
ACP Obeng said Ghana’s own system had been structured around an annual reduction target of five per cent.
“If we are not, with our system that we have rolled out, we want to see every year a 5% reduction,” he said.
The MTTD official identified speeding as a major contributor to road crashes and said measures had been introduced to address the problem.
“Speeding is a major problem for us, and it's a scar on our conscience. Therefore, we have deployed this,” he said.
ACP Obeng said the combined effect of the new regulations, improvements in road infrastructure and stronger police enforcement could help reduce crashes beyond the annual five per cent target.
The expected impact, he said, would depend on the implementation of the measures alongside continued efforts to improve road safety.
Aikines Anyomi
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