This archive report was first published on 15 October 2019.
According to the NTSA, a staggering 83.3% of road accident fatalities in the last year were men, with 2,263 deaths recorded compared to 459 women (16.7%).
The report, released on October 15, 2019, also highlighted that the majority of accidents occurred over weekends, with Saturdays and Sundays accounting for 497 and 480 deaths respectively.
Notably, the report showed that men lead in contributing to road fatalities, with 69% of accidents occurring between 5pm and 7:59am, and 31% during the day.
Thursday had the least number of deaths reported at 313, while the age group 30-34 years recorded the highest number of fatalities (298) this year.
Furthermore, Nairobi recorded the highest number of deaths at 337, followed by Kiambu (233) and Nakuru (181).
Interestingly, pedestrians were the highest number of victims across the country, with 1,049 deaths reported, followed by motorcyclists at 815 and bicycle riders at 93.
Private vehicles had the highest number of victims at 722, followed by commercial vehicles, 630 and motor vehicles, 559, compared to only 4 deaths reported of hand carts, pedals and cycles.
