The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has named Northern Bypass, Kenya’s most dangerous road.
In a report seen by the Star, the Bypass accounted for most accidents that occurred in 2022.
Despite not revealing the number of accidents on the road, Northern Bypass was followed by Kangundo Road, Mombasa Road, Outering Road and Thika Superhighway.
When the National Transport and Safety Authority launched the Northern Corridor and Nairobi County Route Hazard Mapping Report in 2018, it revealed that Nairobi has the country's highest number of dangerous roads.
Of the 273 accident blackspots countrywide, more than 70 or about a quarter are in Nairobi.
They include the Haile Selassie-Railway roundabout and Riverside Drive junction.
Others are the Landhies-Kamukunji roundabout on Landhies Road, the JKIA Airport turnoff, St Teresa junction in Eastleigh, the Burma footbridge on Jogoo Road and Blue Post Bridge on Thika Super Highway.
In terms of counties, NTSA its latest report ranked Nairobi as the county with the most dangerous road in 2022.
In 2022, road accidents in Nairobi alone claimed 499 lives which is a decrease compared to 521 in 2021.
Nairobi county was followed in road carnage by Kiambu county, which recorded 484 deaths, an increase from the previous year’s 460.
Others are Nakuru- 389 , Machakos -264 , Murang’a -190, Meru-161, Usain Gishu -148 and Kakamega at 131.
Counties with low fatalities in 2022 were Wajir and Mandera which recorded one fatal injury each, followed by Isiolo(5), Marsabit(10) and Lamu(14).
