Small Feet, Busy Roads: Why Ghana is failing its children every school morning

This includes not only traffic enforcement but also public education campaigns that treat child road safety as a matter of national importance.

Ghana has introduced stricter child road safety measures following the passage of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2025, which significantly raises the minimum age for children allowed to sit in the front seat of vehicles.

The Security Dimension: Why Child Road Safety is a National Security Issue As a PhD candidate in international security and intelligence, I see this crisis through a different lens.