Road crashes have killed 39 persons in Bono Region from January to June this year, injuring 95 others, Mr Gabriel Okyere, the Bono Regional Planning Officer  of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has said.

In an interview with Sompa FM in Sunyani on Friday, he said 72 crashes involving 105 vehicles as well as nine pedestrian knockdowns were recorded within the period.

In 2021, the region recorded 98 accidents involving 154 vehicles, 43 deaths and three pedestrian knockdowns within the same period, he said, and attributed the decrease to intensified road safety education on the various accident-prone highways in the region.

Mr Okyere said road crashes were prone in the Sunyani, Berekum, Wenchi and Dormaa Municipalities, and identified driver errors as the major factors contributing to road accidents in the region.

He emphasised that ensuring accident free on the highways remained shared and collective responsibility, and called on passengers to check commercial drivers against speeding and wrongful overtaking.

Mr Okyere appealed to the media, particularly the electronic ones, to support the Authority in road safety education and campaigns by providing free airtime and advised drivers to do regular vehicle maintenance and avoid reckless driving to help prevent accidents and fatalities.

Source: Ghana/Sompaonline.com/98.9/K.Peperah