Accra: The Greater Accra Region experienced a significant increase in road traffic crashes in December 2025, with a 91.6 percent rise compared to the same month in 2024.
According to Ghana News Agency, the provisional national road traffic crash and casualty statistics revealed that the region also saw an increase of 39 deaths, marking a 10.2 percent rise over the same period in 2024. The data indicated that this surge in crashes was part of a broader national trend of increasing road safety incidents during the month.
In December 2025, a total of 1,423 road traffic crashes were recorded, involving 2,406 vehicles, including private, commercial, and motorcycles nationwide. These incidents resulted in 1,817 casualties, comprising 276 deaths and 1,541 injuries. Compared to December 2024, these figures represent a 32.7 percent increase in reported cases, a 33.1 percent rise in vehicles involved, a 16 percent increase in fatalities, a 23.4 percent rise in injuries, and a 33.9 percent increase in pedestrian knockdowns.
Of the total crashes recorded in December, 45 percent were classified as minor, 38 percent as serious, and 17 percent as fatal. Fatal crashes are defined as incidents resulting in at least one death within 30 days, serious crashes involve injuries requiring hospitalisation exceeding 24 hours, and minor crashes involve injuries requiring less than 24 hours of hospitalisation or none at all.
The age analysis showed that 32 victims, representing 12 percent of those killed, were below 18 years, while 244 victims, or 88 percent, were adults, resulting in a 7:1 adult-to-child fatality ratio. This ratio is attributed to the higher exposure of adults to traffic risks. Gender distribution indicated that 213 males, accounting for 77 percent of the fatalities, were killed compared to 63 females, continuing a trend of higher male involvement in road traffic deaths.
Private vehicles accounted for 42 percent of the vehicles involved in the crashes, followed by commercial vehicles at 31 percent, and motorcycles at 27 percent. Among cycles, motorbikes constituted 74 percent, tricycles 23 percent, and bicycles two percent. Despite motorcycles forming the smallest proportion of vehicles involved, their share of crashes was described as alarming relative to their population in the total vehicle fleet.
Regionally, while Greater Accra recorded the highest percentage increase, the Oti Region noted the highest decrease in crashes at 87.5 percent during the same period. In terms of injuries, the Volta Region recorded the highest percentage increase at 102.86 percent, whereas the Oti Region saw a significant decrease of 66.67 percent.
Cumulatively, from January to December 2025, all indicators showed increases compared with the same period in 2024. The Eastern and Ashanti regions saw significant increases in deaths, with 163 deaths (33.5 percent) and 146 deaths (10.5 percent) respectively. Despite Greater Accra having more than double the number of crashes compared to the Eastern Region, the Eastern Region recorded higher fatalities, with 28 deaths per 100 crashes compared to 10 in Greater Accra.
The analysis identified Ashanti, Eastern, and Greater Accra regions as critical areas for crashes, injuries, and deaths in Ghana. The report urged the National Road Safety Authority and relevant stakeholders to intensify interventions to reverse the rising trend in road traffic crashes nationwide.