Pillion riders reject crash helmet for fear of Covid-19 – Okada operators

Okada business enterprise operators in Accra have exposed some pillion riders, even with the pitfalls they are uncovered to in mishaps, reject the use of crash helmets.

In accordance to them, there have been circumstances they experienced to change down some travellers who refuse to use the helmets.

Crash helmets are made use of by motor riders to serve as security to the head against injuries in mishaps circumstances.

For this cause, riders are mandated to place on their crash helmets before employing the street.

“Sometimes, I have to reject some of them simply because the Law enforcement will arrest us and even cases of accidents the passenger can be hurt,” a rider informed JoyNews in an interview.

A different rider claimed “some of the passengers say since of the Covid-19, they can’t use helmets utilised by other shoppers so I have to, occasionally, choose them like that.”

Highway crashes

Road targeted visitors accidents for the initially fifty percent of 2022 have found a 4 p.c drop as as opposed to the exact same time period in 2021.

The success is attributed to intensified sensitisation and media advocacy strategies.

The Multimedia Group, especially JoyNews, has been spearheading safety campaigns in its bid to lower the carnages on our streets.

Facts from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) display that from January to May possibly 2022, a amount of 6,472 scenarios of road targeted visitors accidents ended up reported whilst 6,789 of these ended up recorded within just the very same time period in 2021.

According to the NRSA, the place has witnessed a drop of 4.67 percent in highway targeted traffic mishaps in 2022 as in contrast to the exact period in 2021.

The figures also show that the number of persons killed in road targeted visitors incidents from January to Could this calendar year has reduced by 8.8 percent as as opposed to very last yr.

A whole of 1,140 folks have been killed in street site visitors accidents from January to May perhaps this calendar year even though 1,250 folks had been killed within just the exact period final calendar year.

The quantity of hurt folks in just the time period underneath evaluation also decreased by 4.98 per cent as the Authority recorded 6,620 injured circumstances this year compared to 6,967 wounded scenarios in 2021.