Accidents up 24pc despite travel curbs

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Onlookers at an accident scene where 15 people perished when two buses collided in Malindi on April 7. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT

The number of accidents on Kenyan roads rose 24.2 percent to 8,919 in 2020 even as the government put restrictions such as curfews and a ban on inter-county movements to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Economic Survey 2021 released Thursday revealed that accidents increased in 2020 even as Kenyans were working from home and moving less during night curfews.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.