The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) said it will consult with stakeholders about measures to improve commercial drivers’ vehicle maintenance education.
The Authority has highlighted that road crashes involving burst tyres are on the rise, which it describes as disturbing.
Following a road crash on the George Walker Bush highway on Sunday that killed three people and injured others, the National Road Safety Authority’s Public Relations Officer, Pearl Adusu Satekla, stated that the Authority will present its findings from the incident in due course.
“We will go to the scene and conduct preliminary investigations to determine the true cause of the accident. However, based on media sources, we assume it was caused by a blown tyre. In addition, the number of tyre-related crashes has increased in recent years. This is why, two years ago, we launched the tyre safety campaign as part of our Stay Alive safety programme.”
“We will quickly and thoroughly discuss what we should do about tyre safety education as part of road safety management.”
A 23-seater Sprinter Bus with registration number GR-6046-21 carrying passengers from Ablekuma to Kasoa ruptured one of its back tyres, resulting in a deadly crash on Sunday morning.
