The government has been urged to re-design Mombasa - Namanga Road by pass to allow for safe turning to the East Africa Bamburi Cement and Shalom Hospital, Athi River.
The call was made by motorists plying on the route who said there were several unnecessary road accidents which resulted from poor planning of the turn off located next to the Mombasa - Nairobi by pass.
Stephen Wamalwa, one of the motorists who operate on the road said there was no proper turn of for vehicles to safely get to the hospital and the cement plant.
Wamalwa argued the frequent accidents experienced on the road apparently were majorly contributed by the road's poor design at the junction which did not allow for vehicles to turn easily and safely.
According to a health officer based at Shalom Hospital who sought anonymity due to the hospital's policy, the area was prone to lots of accidents of whose victims ended up at the facility for medication.
The officer disclosed the vehicles from Mombasa Road that were headed to either the hospital or the cement company had to go almost a kilometre for a turn of at the Blue Triangle company located in Athi River along the Namanga Road for safe turn of.
Wamalwa said some of the drivers were tempted to use short cuts of turning right at the middle of the busy road resulting to accidents followed by traffic jams.
He was speaking to press at the hospital yesterday when he visited one of his colleague drivers who was in an accident last week along Mombasa Road.