CLAIM:

A video shared by X account CDR AFRICA shows a motor rider in Ghana being hit by a car after jumping a red light.

VERDICT:

False. The video is not from Ghana. It was filmed at the DSL Junction in Georgetown, Guyana.

FULL STORY:

A video circulating on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) shows a motor rider attempting to cross an intersection while the traffic light was red. The rider is then struck by an oncoming car, leading to a dramatic crash.

The clip, shared by the X account CDR AFRICA, had a Twi-language voiceover suggesting that the incident occurred in Ghana. The post, captioned as a “National Road Safety Authority video,” quickly gained traction, generating over 60,000 views and 30 comments within hours of publication.

The video appeared credible at first glance due to the local language narration and the claim that it was released by Ghana’s National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). However, several inconsistencies prompted a closer look.

FULL STORY:

A video circulating on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) shows a motor rider attempting to cross an intersection while the traffic light was red.

The rider is then struck by an oncoming car, leading to a dramatic crash.

The clip, shared by the X account CDR AFRICA, had a Twi-language voiceover suggesting that the incident occurred in Ghana. The post, captioned as a “National Road Safety Authority video,” quickly gained traction, generating over 60,000 views and 30 comments within hours of publication.

The video appeared credible at first glance due to the local language narration and the claim that it was released by Ghana’s National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). However, several inconsistencies prompted a closer look.

VERIFICATION:

Myjoyonline conducted a Google Reverse Image Search on key frames from the viral video. The search results revealed that the footage does not originate from Ghana, but rather from DSL Junction in Georgetown, Guyana.

DSL Junction is a well-known intersection in Georgetown with multiple traffic lanes, signal lights, and a traffic island often occupied by street vendors. The footage also bears the label “Agri Parts/DSL Camera”, a known surveillance feed from that location.

Further checks show that the same camera feed has captured several traffic-related incidents in the past, confirming the scene’s identity and location as Guyana, not Ghana.

There is also no evidence that the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) in Ghana released or circulated this video.

A search of the NRSA’s official social media accounts and website yielded no record of such footage.

CONCLUSION:

The claim that the viral video shows an Okada accident in Ghana is false.

The footage was filmed in Georgetown, Guyana, not in Ghana. The attribution to Ghana’s National Road Safety Authority is misleading.