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Wajir is the safest town in Kenya to be a road user, report says

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By: ABDIKADIR OKASH (@abdikadirokash)

NAIROBI–More Kenyans died through road accident since January than it did same time last year, a new report by the road safety agency has revealed.

The report further states that most road accidents occur on weekends.

Speaking at a road safety forum at the Kenya International Convention Centre, National Transport and Safety Authority Director-General Francis Meja said on Thursday that a number of factors, among them overworking of drivers contributed to the surging road carnage in the country.

“Speeding, fatigue, drink-driving, as well as careless driving and crossing the road along major highways are the prime reasons why Kenyan roads are increasingly getting dangerous,” he said.

Meja stated that there is a 5.8 percent increase in reported road accident compared to the same period in 2015.

“From the start of the year, 1,574 people died on the roads compared to 1,488 killed over the same period last year with PSVs contributing 47.7 per cent and pedestrians 40 per cent,” Meja said.

Most accidents were reported on Saturdays and between 7 am and 8 am.

Over 614 padestrians and 688 motocyclist were killed since January this year.

Nairobi County made up 16 percent of the total reported cases of road accidents in the country with 256 dead since January this year. That, according to the National Transport and Safety Authority is a 23% drop from the previous year. Jogoo Road, Thika Road, Waiyaki Way, Kangundo Road and the Eastern By-pass contributed to much of the accidents in the city.

Wajir reported no road fatality, making it the safest road in Kenya.

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