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Kenya has recorded a total of 15,924 road accidents between January 1 and September 26, 2022, the National Police Service has said.
Data released on Friday, September 30 indicates that 3,541 of the accident victims (22.2 per cent) died, 7,236 seriously injured (45.4 per cent) and 5,147 slightly injured (32.3 per cent).
In that period, 1,269 pedestrians died. Nine hundred and forty-one (941) were motorcyclists, passengers were 634, drivers (324), pillion passengers (324) and pedal cyclists (49).
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Horror statistics as Kenya loses 145 people in road accidents in last one week
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