The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has expressed its shock at the gory accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway which claimed the lives of over 30 people on Monday dawn, March 9, 2020.

At least 31 people perished after two buses collided on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway around 3am on Monday, March 9, 2020.

According to reports, most of the bodies have been burnt beyond recognition and that the dead include a pregnant woman. Survivors have been taken to the Kintampo government hospital but they quote rescue officials as saying that the casualty figure could go up.

Reports indicate that the bus which was carrying sacks of fresh pepper and about 12 passengers and heading towards Kintampo from Tamale, collided head-on with the Sprinter between Kawampe and Dawadawa at about 4am on Monday.

The NRSA asserted that, drivers have to be careful on the road to avoid such accidents.

The Director of Planning and Programs for the National Road Safety Authority, Ing. David Osafo Adonteng in an interview said preliminary checks indicate that the crash was a result of driver error.

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“We find it very disappointing and very unfortunate that such a crash happened. We have got the information from the police that the death toll has risen to 31 and per our observation; we are attributing this crash to driver error.

“We have looked at the road infrastructure and the vehicles and there’s nothing suggesting that it’s coming with some deficiency associated with the vehicle” he said.

Meanwhile the Municipal Chief Executive for Kintampo North, Michael Sarkodie Baffoe is calling for an immediate stakeholder meeting to find a lasting solution to crashes on the stretch.

“All the stakeholders will have to come together and I mean the Municipal assembly, the MTTD of the police and also the transport unions and their drivers. We will have to come to terms with the fact that this is a bad situation that needs to be looked at, tackled and finality brought to it.

"We cannot completely erode accidents from the systems but we can bring it to the barest minimum to their effect on society,” the MCE stated.

The accident involved a long passenger bus and a Sprinter mini bus which collided head-on.