• According to data from NTSA, from January 1, to September 25, 2018, 2,219 fatalities were recorded.
• Pedestrians continue to lead in fatalities with 1,033 having died in road crashes this year
Men lead in fatalities during accidents, National Transport and Safety Authority has found.
In the period January 2018 to September 16 the same year, NTSA recorded 1,756 males who were killed in road accidents.
Only 386 females died in the same period.
This translates to; 83.3 per cent of the fatalities which are male and 16.7 per cent are female.
But the number went high in 2019 during the same period. The Authority recorded 2,066 deaths in males and 417 in females.
According to data from NTSA, from January 1, to September 25, 2018, 2,219 fatalities were recorded.
During this period, 7,300 passengers were injured. In 2019 the same period, Kenya had 2,591 fatalities with 8,596 injuries.
The latest road crash data indicate that men lead in the contribution to road fatalities #StaySafe. pic.twitter.com/PmcHT5IkUK
— NTSA KENYA (@ntsa_kenya) October 15, 2019
JANUARY TO OCTOBER
Data from the NTSA show that as from January to October 1, at least 2,640 deaths are due to road accidents, an increase compared to 2,278 deaths during the same period in 2018.
Private cars rank the top-most contributors to road accidents, leading with 702, commercial vehicles second with 597, bodaboda riders at 542 and PSV with 411.
Pedestrians continue to lead in fatalities with 1,033 having died in road crashes this year, followed by passengers at 542, motorcyclists at 537, pillion passengers at 254, drivers at 253 and pedal cyclists at 53.
This is an increase from the same period last year when pedestrian deaths were 882, passengers at 521, motorcyclists at 422, pillion passengers at 186, drivers at 233 and pedal cyclists at 42.