KURA Calls for Vigilance in Wake of Increased Road Accidents
The Director General of Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) Engineer Silas Kinoti has advised Kenyans to observe road safely in order to avoid accidents which in many cases are occasioned by recklessness.
this coming after at least 4,690 people lost their lives on Kenyan roads in 2022, according to the the 2023 economic survey.
The year recorded 21,757 road accident casualties, representing a 5.5 per cent increase from the 20,625 deaths reported in 2021.
“I’m urging all of us to use the roads for the purpose they are intended for. Especially the roads in Nairobi one of them notably Outering road which despite being well constructed, it’s described as one of the most dangerous roads in Nairobi.
So I’m urging the Nairobians to use the pedestrian crossings and footbridges to avoid being knocked down by motorists.
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Engineer Kinoti also advised motorists and other road users to utilise The Eastern Bypass road whose expansion is an ongoing project. We are trying our best to ensure we do proper road marking and signage and this will assist the motorists and pedestrians to use the road safely.
Eng. Kinoti noted that KURA is planning to commission street lighting along Outering road soon and he urged all road users to be careful and observe the road signs.
In the survey
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.
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