The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, has revealed that 27 lives were lost nationwide through road crashes during this year’s Easter celebrations as against 18 deaths recorded within the same period last year. This was out of a total number of 173 reported accident cases between the 6th and 9th of April, as against 193 crashes reported within the same period last year. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Alexander Kweku Obeng, Head of Education, Research and Training at National MTTU, disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency. ASP Obeng said that out of the total number of road crashes recorded during the festive season, 24 cases were fatal as against 17 fatal cases last year. According to him, 134 commercial and 119 private vehicles were involved in crashes together with 26 motorcycles out of which 124 persons suffered various degrees of injuries as against 142 who got injured within the same period last year. ASP Obeng noted that the Eastern region, where Easter celebrations are a common feature, 20 crashes were recorded with 3 fatalities while Accra had 71 reported crashes with 8 fatal cases. He said 10.3 percent decrease in the number of road crashes during the celebrations showed that efforts of the MTTU and other stakeholders in ensuring road safety were to some extent successful.