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BPS REPORT

SURVEY AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE KWAME NKRUMAH


MOTORWAY (ACCRA-TEMA MOTORWAY)

The Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (Accra Tema Motorway) was opened to traffic in

November 1965. The weighted Average Annual Daily Trafl‘zc (AADT) volume

recorded in 2008 on the road was 65,200 vehicles per day (vpd), comprising 16% of
vehicles in the medium and heavy groups. It is estimated that more than 20,000
vehicles use unapproved routes to join the motorway on daily basis. (ref. Ghana

Investment Promotion Centre website)

Following several complaints from individuals since 2017 about the Accra-Tema
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ii) Conduct a risk asses‘sme‘n't‘iion'1th“.e‘ul'vuisfe of" the“*‘m“"',“o"'t:ofiirwwa'ay and-advise all stakeholders

This exercise was condl‘yu‘“cte’d‘fl‘vbetwiyele»,;n‘l.‘i_'_,J;,anuary h3— 1St of 2019. The


Bureau of Public Safety'm)’,_ad""’e téh:7ve‘hollowing observwatiwotins"‘K-r.‘a:n_dv"‘"wish to detail them here
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1. The 19km stretch is la‘c'ed'fll,Swifii'tmh out of which some 24


have a semblance of blockadleww'hvhv‘hlile anor'th'elrr‘IZ'1 U-turns have been effectively

created and frequently used by cars, mini buses (trotros), tricycles and
motorcycles, etc. The danger this phenomenon creates for other road users
should not be overlooked.

2. We further counted two hundred and thirty-six (236) footpaths laced across the
median. Majority ofthem occurring at areas with established settlements within
the buffer zone. This high number places pedestrian crossings on the motorway

at an average of 12 crosses per every kilometer, thereby effectively defeating the


continuous classification of this route as a motorway/freeway.
3. The survey identified 28 access points on the Tema to Accra stretch. 6 out of
which access points were either restricted or completely blocked out.
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4. The Accra to Tema carriageway had 23 access points with 4 ofthem either
blocked out or restricted.

Delineation on the route is generally poor, and in some cases completely non-

existent. This impacts negatively on driver performance under rainy, foggy,

nightly and other poor visibility weather conditions

While we observed most commercial drivers literally soliciting for passengers as

they ply the IOOkm/hr limit route, we discovered fourteen (14) major Stop/Pick

up points along both sides of the dual carriageway. This practice causes

sudden/abrupt obstructions with a high potential of causing multiple traffic

crashes with its attendant fatal consequences.


Undertaking slow moving traffic has «become the norm as most heavy-duty

trucks and trailers, tricyhcl\ges,‘an’ld'flofllrt,h‘l‘e",r km'ovinflgcars take to the speed lane


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Furthermore, some vehicles (especially ci'iar's“,'v.3,tric’ycl_e's and motorcycles) travel

counter-traffic for,d1'st.a“nces',‘-._b_,etw‘v,l”k_een 100 t,o’{_30,._0 meters to, negotiate U-tums or


exit the motorway," This;Aijprac-‘tice poses great? d'ani'lger “for oncoming traffic
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especially at nightsl'2“;_ . “Sly

For the period of ourjs‘flurvefly risk assessment we did not observe any

consistent active elf-fol",_,rt,"""',of‘fL-Aaw-meE,nforcementiw'ith


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except in isolated cases 0"df,-,’b:ro'ike,ny.,“d"o,"”w"n,""‘lv,"iei_h,ic_"l,\es'7a_‘nd road crashes where the


POIice intervened to control tra‘ffic'l" flow?” ‘

Etornam Korda
Research and Advocacy Director
Bureau of Public Safety, Ghana
Publication Date: 14th April, 2019

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