1,968 Kenyans Killed In Road Accidents In 5 Months

Kenyan roads are claiming lives more than any other illness in the country if the latest stats by the national police are something to go by. Breadwinners are dying, generations wiped, kids left orphans and many left crippled forever with no one to turn to.

The latest stats indicate that at least 1,968 Kenyans have died as a result of road accidents across the country between January 2022 and June 2022. This is an increase from 1,800 Kenyans who died last year at the same period and time.

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“To date, we have recorded a total of 1,968 deaths against 1,800 as of 3rd of June 2022 and 2021 respectively. This gives a positive variance of 9.3 percent. The increasing trend is replicated under other categories of serious and slight injuries,” said the police.

In the past week alone, about 67 Kenyans have died in road accidents with the majority of accidents happening along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway. Most of the accidents quoted during the week have been caused by overspeeding or dangerous overtaking.

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“The Inspector-General of Police and the NTSA Director-General has therefore directed a joint multi-agency crackdown to weed out all noncompliant motor vehicles and motorists, who are violating the Traffic Act and related laws. The directive takes immediate effect,” said the police.

Between January and yesterday, a total of 1,968 died in road accidents. At the same time last year, 1,800 Kenyans had died. Our roads are killing people, taking away breadwinners, wiping generations, leaving others crippled… These numbers are scary… Scary! pic.twitter.com/ZRNoRuxGRH

— Juma G 🇰🇪 (@jumaf3) June 8, 2022

Both the NTSA and the Traffic Police have been blamed for the increase in road accidents because most of the prefer taking 50 shillings out of a rogue police officer other than compelling them to follow the traffic rules.