The Mamprobi branch Chairman for the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr. Allotey Kpakpo has advised drivers to be disciplined and comply with road traffic regulations to reduce the number of accident related deaths on our roads. Speaking in an interview with Rainbow Radio’s Banahene Kwabena Agyekum, he said, discipline is the only core … Read more
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) in the Volta Region, has begun road safety enforcement campaign in the region ahead of the Easter festivities. The exercise, with support from the police and personnel from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, is to help reduce road crashes during the celebrations. The region recorded a total of … Read more
The FIA Foundation and the Puma Energy Foundation have launched a road safety programme to protect children who walk to and from school. The two global foundations will support the NGO Amend to implement effective road safety measures at high-risk primary schools in Accra, and also work with government institutions such as the National Road … Read more
He said some gruesome road accidents have been attributed to human errors The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has admonished passengers to join the campaign to help reduce road accidents this Easter season. Speaking to Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the Head of Communications at NRSC, Kwame Koduah Atuahene underscored the need for … Read more
Owing to the daily escalating accident figures in Ghana, concerned bodies are collaborating to carry out a national towing project, aimed at removing all abandoned and broken down vehicles from the roads in all parts of the country. Reports reveal that a private company, the Road Safety Management Services Limited (RSMSL), has been given a … Read more
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the weekend embarked on a three-day tour of the Ashanti Region to thank the people of the region for their support during last year’s election which won his party-the New Patriotic Party-the mandate of the Ghanaian people to form the next government. WHILE on the tour, the president interacted … Read more
A private company, the Road Safety Management Service Limited (RSMSL), has received the green light to implement a national towing project in May this year. The project is a scheme developed by the RSMSL and its partners to remove broken-down or abandoned vehicles on the road. As part of the programme, the National Road Safety … Read more
Road Safety Management Services (RSMSL) on Saturday deployed the first batch of tow trucks for the first phase of the National Towing Project expected to be rolled out in full on May 1, 2017. According to the National Road Safety Commission NRSC, broken-down, disabled and abandoned on Ghana’s major highways and other link and arterial … Read more
The rate at which Ghana is recording motor accidents this year is too alarming, hence necessary measures are being put in place to reduce the carnage on the roads, Roland Walker, Director of Communication at the Road Safety Management Services Limited, has said. According to him, within the first three months alone, the country has … Read more
Following plans to implement a National Towing Project, Road Safety Management Services Limited (RSML) at the weekend deployed its first batch of state-of-the-art towing trucks. The deployment by RSML, which is part of the pilot phase of the national towing project expected to kick-start on May 01, 2017 will last for a one-month period (the … Read more
Road Safety Management Services Limited (RSMSL), a private company, has deployed tow trucks for the start of a pilot phase of the National Towing Project expected to be rolled out in full on May 1, 2017. The National Towing Project is aimed at removing broken down vehicles that can cause accidents from the country’s roads. … Read more
AMEND-Ghana, with support from Puma Energy Foundation, has launched a road safety programme to protect school children in an effort to reduce road accidents. The project, which has been endorsed by the National Road Safety Commission and the Ghana Education Service, is to ensure that children are protected as they walk to and from school. … Read more
A law will soon be passed to empower the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) to enforce road regulations in the country, Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has stated. The NRSC, which is under the Transport Ministry, is currently mandated with promoting and coordinating road safety activities in the country. However, that will soon change after … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to consider creating a new office dedicated solely to safety on the country’s roads to effectively bring down Ghana’s accident statistics and attendant loss of lives and injuries. The Chairman of the Kumasi branch of the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Mike Appiah, made the call to … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated his government’s preparedness to reduce fatalities on the nation’s roads through a multi-faceted approach. He expressed worry over the rising number of deaths recorded through road accident, describing it as unfortunate and unacceptable. Speaking to the leadership of various transport unions in Kumais on the second day of … Read more
The first two months of 2017 saw 354 persons losing their lives through motor accidents, Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has revealed. This adds to the “over 3000” who perished in all of 2016, Mr Asiamah said when he addressed commercial drivers in Kumasi on Saturday April 1, 2017 on the second day of President … Read more
Drivers should adhere to road regulations to ensure that the accidents on the country’s highways is reduced to its minimum this Easter, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Motor accidents have been seen to rise during festive periods such as Easter and Christmas, as several people travel to their hometowns and other far-off places … Read more
A 28-year-old man has sued an advertising company and two others for negligence which has rendered him paralysed in both legs. The plaintiff, Patrick Reynolds Yeboah, who was, until the accident, a student and surveillance operator at a casino in Tema, was hit by a billboard belonging to M Dex Company Limited, an outdoor advertising … Read more
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has intensified its public education programme in the Greater Accra Region ahead of the Easter festivities to ensure that proper safety regulations are adhered to before and during the Easter period. Being the lead agency mandated to spearhead and coordinate road safety in the country, the commission has remained … Read more
The books are to be distributed among selected public basic schools in the two districts The Brong-Ahafo Regional office of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has presented quantities of road safety education text books and materials to the Techiman North and Techiman South District offices of the Ghana Education Service. The books are to … Read more