Ghana: When Road Accidents Sweep Away Country's Resources

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Wikipedia free encyclopedia says traffic collision, also known as traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision (RTC) or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris or other stationary obstructions, such as a tree or utility pole, stating that "Traffic collisions may result in injury, death and property damage".

Public Agenda (January 22, 2006) published statistics released by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), revealing that a total of 1,283 people died through road accidents over the past year, involving 17,877 vehicles with 7,505 suffering various degrees of injuries, indicating that "Out of the total number of deaths, Ashanti Region alone recorded the highest of 408 deaths, making the region the most dangerous.

The Greater Accra Region came second with 157 deaths, Central Region 148; Eastern Region 130; Volta Region 113; Tema Metropolis 99; Western Region 92; Northern Region 92; Brong Ahafo Region 83; Upper East and Western Regions come in that order, as regions with less deaths".

Just about a couple of weeks into 2009, the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) disclosed to the general public that road accidents, apart from claiming human lives and leaving others injured, cost the nation US$165 mil ­lion, representing 1.6 per cent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), every year.

Dr. Kobina Kennedy Arthur, in his feature entitled, 'Perishing on the road' (Thursday, March 26, 2009) lamented that "Many of our prominent politicians have been involved in accidents in our recent history. Former Presidents Rawlings and Kufuor have both been involved in accidents. So has Nana Akufo-Addo. It took the life of Hon. Achuliwor of blessed memory".

A GNA report published in the Ghana Business News (Friday, April 10, 2009) presented the Ashanti Regional Manager of the Road Safety Commission, Mr. Kwaku Oware-Boateng as saying that more than 1,600 people are killed annually through road traffic accidents and continue to reveal that 43 percent of the fatalities involved pedestrians, with about 23 percent representing children below the age of 16 years.

ROAD CRASH & MATERNAL MORTALITY

A disclosure made by medical workers to IRIN (June 12, 2009 in Accra), and presented in a report titled 'Ghana: Road crash casualties hit maternal health efforts', has it that doctors in Ghana have had to halt special prenatal home visits, part of an initiative to beat high maternal mortality, because road crash casualties are taking up so much of their time and scarce resources.

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The experienced Riverside motorcycle accident lawyers handle tragic injury cases. The injuries that the clients sustain are almost always life-threatening. Riverside motorcycle accident cases account for the following list of most common traumas:

1) Bone fractures. The bones of your body can likewise sustain so much damage if the bike you’re riding gets struck by a car. The most common case of bone fractures are all related to bones breaking.

2) Broken skull. Getting thrown off a bike or getting rammed by another vehicle can almost always cause head traumas during motorcycle mishaps. An unprotected head will most likely result in a fracture to the skull, or the bones surrounding the brain. One of the most dangerous types of skull fractures is the depressed skull fracture, which can cause bone fragments to become imbedded in the brain. The best way to prevent this from happening is to always wear your helmet when riding.

3) Road rash. Think of road rash as one big scrape along your body – like a skinned knee, except everywhere. When a biker is thrown from a motorcycle, he or she doesn’t usually stop in the spot of impact. Instead, centrifugal force causes the body to slide along the road, which can result in serious scrapes and friction burns. The only way to prevent this kind of painful, scorching injury is to wear thick clothing especially one that is made of leather.

4) Traumatic head injuries. Believe it or not, serious traumatic brain injury can still occur even if the rider or passenger does not have fractures on their skull. Such impact to the brain, depending on how the head his the ground, can cause loss of hearing and/or vision, memory loss and even disruption of motor skills.

5) Neck and back injuries. Even if you survive a motorcycle accident without any broken bones, chances are that you will sustain injury to your head or neck. The blow to your body from a car or the pavement is enough to cause ruptured discs in your back, muscle or ligament strain in your neck, or severe spinal injury, resulting in paralysis.

Whenever you or someone you care about has been injured in a motorcycle accident contact a Riverside motorcycle accident lawyer. It is not hard to imagine that the injuries caused by a Riverside motorcycle accident are often much worse than those from a car accident. With virtually nothing between you and the road, the resulting injuries can be devastating. The kind of good weather Riverside gets makes more people riding their bikes in these places. But it is important that we take all necessary precautionary steps to avoid any accident because Riverside is one of the busiest roads in the nation.

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