Minister calls for stronger action on road crashes
The rising number of deaths from road crashes has become a national emergency requiring stronger collaboration among stakeholders to reverse the trend, the Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has said. He said 2,954 people died in road crashes in 2025, the highest number recorded in more than two decades, while road crashes increased by … The post Minister calls for stronger action on…
The Minister of Transport, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has called for more decisive action to combat the rising number of deaths caused by road crashes in the country. According to Nikpe, 2,954 individuals lost their lives in road accidents in 2025, marking the highest number in over two decades. This figure represents a 31.6 per cent increase in road crashes between 2021 and 2025.
He emphasized that the situation is causing immense distress to families and the national economy, particularly as many victims were young people and breadwinners, resulting in a significant loss of the country's human resources.
Nikpe made his statement at the opening of the 2026 Review Conference of the Ministry of Transport, which took place in Ho. The conference, themed "Financing and Delivery of Resilient Transport Infrastructure and Services: A Big Push for Sustainable Economic Transformation," gathered approximately 150 participants to evaluate the performance of Ghana's transport sector, identify challenges, and explore solutions to enhance service delivery.
The Minister highlighted the passage of the National Road Safety Authority Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2468), which implemented the National Road Safety Authority Act, 2019 (Act 993), as a crucial step towards bolstering the Authority's mission to reduce road crashes. Additionally, he noted that the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2025, had established a legal framework to govern the operations of motorcycles and tricycles in Ghana.
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