Producer of 'Crushed' and 'Crushed Young', Seth Kwame Boateng, has blamed the surge in road accidents on broken-down vehicles left on the roads.

According to him, on his rounds whiles putting together the two documentaries, he counted many broken-down vehicles on the roads.

“From my rounds recently, I have counted more from Accra to Kumasi. I have counted no less than 10 of them by the roadside; some have broken in the middle of the road, some were involved in an accident, and they’ve left them at the shoulders of the road,” he said.

He also noted that in his last interaction with Superintend Obeng, he travelled up North and, returning counted about 200 broken vehicles.

He said another serious contributory factor of the road accidents which needs to address are; speeding and stationery vehicles.

“There are other vehicles which will not speed, they appear stationary and moving slowly, and I know Engineer Ackah will tell you those accounts to some of the accidents because when you are speeding thinking the vehicle behind you is also speeding, but you will approach that vehicle, and you would realise that it’s moving slowly this accounts for most of the accidents,” he said.

He added that Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) conducted a study on road accidents.

Reports revealed that the aforementioned factors, thus speeding and stationery vehicles, accounted for road accidents in the country.

On his part, the Senior Research Scientist at Building and Road Research Institute, Engineer Dr William Ackaah, said a system has to be put in place to ensure that broken vehicles are towed from the streets to prevent fatal accidents.

“So we should revisit the towing system which we attempted implementing some time back and make sure that broken down vehicles don’t be on the road for more than 30 minutes.

He noted that measures have to be put in place to caution drivers not to ignore warning signs on the roads, adding that drivers of broken vehicles should desist from using non-reflective objects.