A milk supplying mini-truck after a crash in the coastal town of Mombasa [Photo/worldhighways.com]
As Kenyans continued to elicit mixed reactions after President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered all National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) officers to leave different roads across the country, the transport agency has identified the Nairobi-Mombasa highway as most risky in accidents.
The agency’s status report ranked the Thika Super Highway and Waiyaki Way as the second and third when it comes to accidents in the entire nation. The report also highlighted Kangundo Road, Marigat-Loruk road, Gilgil-Nakuru, and Jogoo Road among the riskiest highways in the country.
In 2016, Nairobi-Mombasa highway was in the second position after Thika Super Highway while Waiyaki Way was ranked third. In 2015, a report on the assessment of road accidents ranked the Nairobi-Mombasa highway as the top-most high-risk road.
Eldoret-Nakuru highway and the Northern Bypass came second and third respectively. The agency also revealed that 828 people met their deaths in accidents involving private vehicles, 687 (commercial vehicles) and 588 (PSVs).
Government vehicles led to the death of 39, pedal cycle 5, unknown 278 and tricycles 9. Last year’s number of fatalities on the road was 2,919 compared to 2,965 in 2016. The report comes after the transport agency banned night travel.
The month of December recorded the highest number of accidents at 356, followed by March (269) and April (265).