The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has revealed that the deadliest road in the country is the road network from Mombasa to the border town of Malaba on the Northern Corridor.
On Thursday, the Authority released its annual road safety report indicating that the deaths due to road crashes had reduced.
Statistics from the report show a total of 2,834 lives were lost on roads as at 30th June 2017 compared to 3,150 lives lost during a similar period last year.
"The lowest reduction was recorded in the month of July 2016 and the highest in the month of June 2017," the report states.
A notable accomplishment is that this is the first time since the NTSA has met its performance target of reducing carnages by 10% which translates to 361 lives saved since its establishment.
The report further discloses that other road users continue to be the most vulnerable group in as far as road crashes are concerned, adding that pedestrian safety interventions on high-risk roads are an area of interest to the Authority the year.
Moreover, interventions within Nairobi County led to a drop from 376 to 270 pedestrian fatalities which represents a 39% reduction in fatalities.
"Evidence indicates that 91% of the traffic crashes were attributed to human-related factors, speeding, reckless driving, dangerous overtaking, drink driving, drink walking, drink riding, motorists using unfamiliar roads during weekends and lack of use of helmets," the report adds.
The Transport Authority stated that road safety training had played a critical role as it targets vulnerable road users such as school children, pedestrians, and motorcyclists.
Furthermore, drivers will have to undergo training under the new curriculum developed by the commission in addition to acquiring new driving licenses.
"The new Driving Licences will have a biometric system that will facilitate capturing of driver details with the aim of profiling them," the report states.
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