MOTORCYCLE REGISTRATION AND ACCIDENTS IN THE BOLGATANGA MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

The study assessed registration of motorcycles and accidents cases in the Bolgatanga Municipality. Both the survey methodand trend analysis was also employed. However, the findings discovered by the study are:motorcycle accidents cases are underreporting within the municipality however the reasons for them not reporting accidents cases to the police are:could not identify the person, thought it was not necessary to report to the police, thought of punishment, distance and fear the police being demand for money.The causes of motorcycle accidents are: hit the back of the vehicle, hit by vehicle, knocked an animal, hit the pavement and hit by a motor. Most of the victims working ability have reduced and some victims resort to borrowing, using savings and/or selling assets, however resulting in financial stress.The public should be educated on the importance of reporting accidents cases to police in other to help reduced under reporting accidents cases in the Municipality. It was predicted in the study that, 2017 total number of motorcycle registered would be increased to 7, 679 and this suggest that, roads in the municipality needs to expanded in order to accommodate these numbers and MTTU should corroborated with National Safety Commission to institute public campaign massage to educate motor riders on both the importance of reporting accident cases to police and obedience to safety precaution measures in order to mitigate motorist being track by police or law enforcement agencies. Also studies can be done to assess the relationship between motor licensing and accident in Ghana.