The Ministry of Interior has identified several blackspots across major roads in the country as part of the measures to reduce road carnage during this festive season.
A blackspot is a section of the road where a significant number of accidents involving fatalities or serious injuries have taken place in the past.
In Nairobi, the blackspots highlighted included the Kasarani-GSU Stretch, Westlands to Kabete Road and Mombasa Road between Airtel Headquarters and Cabanas.
Other roads listed as blackspots in Nairobi include Jogoo Road near Maziwa Stage Footbridge, Waiyaki Way near Kangemi Fly-Over, Thika Road at Kenyatta University, and Ruai Bypass.
A traffic snarl-up along the Mai Mahiu – Narok Road after heavy downpour resulted in floods which deposited debris on the highway on April28, 2024
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Langata Road near Carnivore Junction, Eastern Bypass near Transami Footbridge, and the footbridge at General Motors (GM) were also listed among routes common for accidents.
Blackspots in the Coastal region include the road sections at Tsavo-Maungu-Voi, Maungu-Tsavo East Gate, Mazeras Miritini and the Kilifi-Vipingo road section.
The Kibarani-Changamwe Makande road was also listed as a blackspot alongside the Kwale-Matuga Junction road section, Maji ya Chumvi, Uwanja wa Ndege, Maungu Area and Malindi at Jiwe Tanga.
In Central Kenya, the government listed the road sections at Kiganjo-Narumor, Kibirigwi-Sagana, Limuru-Uplands Section and Thika Blue Post – Sagana Bridge road as routes prone to fatal accidents.
Other hotspots in the central region include the Makutano-Embu Road Section, Kiriaini-Muranga road section, Nyeri – Nyahururu Road, Makongeni Along Thika-Garissa Road and Kiambu-Muthaiga Road.
Meanwhile, blackspots in the Rift Valley region include Molo GSU Camp in Salgaa, Timboroa-Burnt Forest Section, Chepsir-Kipkelion Junction at Sachangwani, Kericho-Litein Road Section and Kericho-Kaitui Section.
Nanyuki-Isiolo Junction, Nyeri-Nyahururu Wiyumiririe Area, Narok-Mai Mahiu Junction, Kinyinyi area along Narok Road, Katakala along Mulot-Narok Road and Nakuru-Mau Summit Road were also listed as hotspots.
In Western Kenya, the hotspots highlighted by the government include the Mbale-Vihiga Road Section, Kakamega Chavakali Road Section, Kakamega-Kisumu-Ilesi Museno Road, the Kakamega-Mumias Road at Makunga and the Kakamega-Webuye-Lubao highway.
To matatus and a trailer involved in a road crash along Kakamega-Kisumu Road.
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