A Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology lecturer, Dr. Camynta Baezie at the Planning Department of the University, believes it’s a miracle that much more people don’t die considering the poor nature of roads and untrained drivers in the country.
According to him, Our roads coupled with the lack of trained drivers which results in more accidents than is being witnessed in Ghana.
In an interview with Citi News monitored by Prime News Ghana, he said Ghana’s road infrastructure is in a very deplorable state.
Dr. Baezie noted that, due to the absence of street lights on some major streets, driving at night is difficult and risky.
“In my view, we have far fewer accidents in this country, given the sort of facilities and infrastructures we have, It is a miracle we don’t have many more accidents because the infrastructure is just so bad. You can’t see well at night, I couldn’t drive here tonight because I said the roads are too dark. When it is 6 pm, I don’t use the motorway because the road is too dark.â€
Dr. Camynta Baezie was however full of praise for some Ghanaian motorists who despite the terrible nature of our road infrastructure take their personal safety on our roads very seriously.
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He also attributed road accidents to the most common causes of death amongst Ghanaians.
“I think Ghanaians have done a good job keeping themselves individually safe using the roads when the state is not providing what is required to make our roads safeâ€.
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