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Private Car Vs Commerical Car; Which One Causes Most Accidents In Ghana?

Between a private car and commercial car, which one causes the most accidents in Ghana is the question most people wish to know the answer.

Well, there isn’t a straight answer to such question. However, after reading this article, you will be your own judge.

Private Car Vs Commerical Car; Which One Causes Most Accidents In Ghana?

PRIVATE CARS

Private cars or private vehicles here are vehicles that are not into commercial business. They include business trucks, four-wheel drives and other personal- use vehicles. Study shows that most of these vehicles speed a lot on the highways. Some drivers of these vehicles do sleep while driving and this usually result in a car crash.

Private Car Accidents

Having said that, some drivers do drive carefully since they usually carry the whole family along. Some drivers do drive extremely slow on the way, leading to heavy traffic, which also results in overtaking.

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COMMERCIAL CARS

Most of these vehicles also speed a lot on the highway. Commercial vehicles are purposely made to carry passengers from one destination to the other. Some drivers, who wish to get to a destination very early in order to pick up passengers do find various ways and means to reach that destination no matter what. The only way to do this is to speed. Most over-takings on our road are been done by these commercial cars.

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Some drivers also challenge each other to get to the same destination. The first driver to get there get the passengers. This usually results on road crashes.

There are however some drivers who are patient and put the lives of their passengers first.

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CONCLUSION

We cannot choose between the two. It should be made clear that most road accidents in Ghana are caused by these two group of vehicles. Most head-on collusions are always  between private cars and commercial cars.

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