At least 4,690 people lost their lives on Kenyan roads in 2022, the 2023 economic survey shows.
The year recorded 21,757 road accident casualties, representing a 5.5 per cent increase from the 20,625 deaths reported in 2021.
The number of those who lost their lives in road crashes in 2021 was 4,579.
The number of victims who sustained serious injuries in 2022 was 9,935, a decrease from the 10,050 who were critically injured in 2021.
The number of those who sustained slight injuries in 2022 rose by 1,136 to 7,132 from 5,996 reported in 2021.
However, there was a slight decrease in the number of reported road accidents from 10,210 in 2021 to 9,976 in 2022.
The road crash victims were categorised as pedestrians, drivers, passengers, pillion passengers, pedal cyclists and motor cyclists.
Pedestrians accounted for the highest fatalities at 1,682 while motor cyclists were 1,254.
Drivers were 426, passengers (822), pillion passengers (445) and pedal cyclists (61).
Passenger casualties increased from 7,586 victims in 2021 to 9,161 in 2022, a percentage increase of 20.8.
Over the same period, the number of pedestrian casualties increased by 2.3 per cent from 3,667 to 3,752.
The 2022 statistics on pedestrian casualties stood at 3,752), drivers (2,075), pillion passengers (2,483), pedal cyclists (159) and motor cyclists (4,127).
