This archive report was first published on 14 September 2019.
Kenya's traffic offenders paid a hefty price in 2018, with the government collecting Sh683 million in fines across the country.
This marked a 3% increase from the Sh662 million collected in 2017, according to the National Police Service's Annual Crime Report released on Friday.
The report attributed the increase in fines to a rise in road traffic accidents, with 5,188 cases reported in 2018 compared to 4,456 in 2017.
"Road traffic accidents continue to cause deaths and injuries to road users despite the government's effort to reduce the numbers of such accidents," the report stated.
The major causes of road accidents, according to the report, include speeding, overloading, drunk driving, fatigue, wrong use of the road by pedestrians, poor roads infrastructure, and non-observance of traffic laws.
The accidents claimed 3,163 lives and left 12,985 victims, with 54% of those affected being passengers.
Law enforcers have introduced measures to curb road carnage, including the use of tamper-proof speed governors for public service vehicles, breathalyzers, and speed guns.
