A total of 2,600 people have lost their lives in road traffic crashes across Ghana from January to November 2025, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has disclosed.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on Friday, December 12, 2025, the Director of Education, Research and Training at the Police MTTD, Chief Superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng, described the situation as a “national road safety crisis” that demands urgent collective action, especially with the Christmas season approaching.
According to the statistics released by Chief Supt. Obeng, 13,000 crashes were recorded within the 11-month period, involving more than 22,000 vehicles including private cars, commercial vehicles and motorcycles.
He noted that motorcycles continue to be involved in the majority of fatal and serious-injury crashes.
Another 13,000 people sustained various degrees of injury in the same period, placing a heavy burden on victims’ families and the healthcare system.
Breaking down the fatalities, 1,937 were males while 492 were females, highlighting the disproportionate impact on young adult men. Alarmingly, 550 pedestrians were knocked down and killed while walking or crossing roads, with many of these incidents linked to reckless motorcycle riding.
Chief Supt. Obeng warned that the festive season historically records a spike in road crashes and urged all road users – drivers, riders, passengers and pedestrians – to exercise maximum caution.
“The numbers are perplexing and deeply worrying. The persistent rise shows that current interventions are not enough. This is a national problem that calls for all hands on deck,” he stressed.