There has been a reduction in the number of people who died through road accidents from 2,119 as at November 2011 to 2,069 during the same period this year.
According to a statement signed by Mr. Kwame Koduah Atuahene, head of communications for the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), copied to the GNA, a total of 13,535 road crashes were recorded as at November this year.
It said Ashanti Region, which has been the second most crash-prone region for years, and the Northern Regions recorded a significant reduction of 32 per cent and 42 per cent respectively as at the end of September this year.
The statement noted that the impending Christmas and New Year festivities came with their own safety challenges due to increase in mobility and fun fare.
It stated that the NRSC has directed all its regional offices to liaise with stakeholders to intensify outreach activities, focusing on the need to wear crash helmets, deploying enforcement task forces to check speeding, drunk driving and driver fatigue.
The statement said that in line with NRSC, a study conducted to determine the baseline level of driving under the influence of alcohol, showed that 8.7 per cent of drivers sampled had detectable alcohol in their breath.
It cited Mr. Noble John Appiah, Executive Director of the NRSC as saying that "To us, enforcement starts with the operator and this week we shall embark on some monitoring to ascertain the readiness of the transport operators and their compliance with published operational guidelines.
At the end of the exercise we will be in a position to share with the public which operators are safe for patronage".
He called on the general public to support NRSC efforts in order to end the year safely for the collective good of the entire country.