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Road Traffic Act, 2004 🇬🇭


Coat of Arms
Republic of Ghana


The six hundred and eighty-third

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Road Traffic Act, 2004

  • Assented to on 24 December 2004
  • Commenced on 19 September 2005
AN ACT to consolidate and revise the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1952 (No. 55), to provide for a more comprehensive regulation of road traffic and road use, to ensure safety on the roads and to provide for related matters.

Part ONE

Principal Road Safety Provisions

Major Driving Offences

1. Dangerous driving

(1)A person who drives a motor vehicle dangerously on a road commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction,
(a)where
(i)a bodily injury does not occur, or
(ii)a minor bodily injury does occur,
to a person, other than the driver, to a fine not less than one hundred penalty units and not exceeding two hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding nine months or to both the fine and the imprisonment;
(b)where bodily injury of an aggravated nature occurs to a person, other than the driver,…

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