Background

Road accidents in Ghana have been identified as one of the major causes of deaths in the country. It is classified as the second major cause of death in the country following malaria. According to the road vehicular crashes in Ghana statistics for the year 2013 by Building and Road Research Institute, shows that there were 1,456 road accidents for the year 2013, Afukaar et al (2013). There were total of 15,496 casualties with 2,637 of them losing their lives, while 6,762 sustained serious injuries. This reveals that there was an average of 6 deaths everyday in Ghana which was caused by road accidents. The most dangerous part of it all is that most of the people who are killed by road accidents are those in the age group that constitute the work force of this nation. It is in this regard that more attention needs to be placed on the research into road accident and its impact on human lives and properties in Ghana.