Situation
In Kenya, road traffic crashes are the third leading cause of death after Malaria and HIV/AIDS. More than 3,000* people are killed on Kenyan roads every year, with nearly 50%* of all fatalities being pedestrians.
The country has passed a number of road safety legislations, and enforcement is gradually improving. For example, drink-driving laws have been implemented nationally, and random breath testing recently implemented to improve the effectiveness of the law.
In an effort to reduce the growing number of road traffic crashes and resulting deaths, the country has set an ambitious fatality reduction target of 50%* by 2020.
(*WHO 2015)
GRSP activities
Activities
Advocacy
Supporting advocacy for the Traffic Amendment Act to strengthen road safety around schools.
Grantees
Six grants have been awarded to civil society organizations to advocate for the passage and implementation of evidence-based road safety policies.
Programmes
The grants programme supports projects to develop and deliver high-impact, evidence-based interventions designed to strengthen road safety policies and their implementation.
Road user groups
Children:
With around 186 300 children under 18 years die from road traffic crashes annually, it is unacceptable that some countries still do not have legislation regarding obligatory usage and set safety standards for child restraints.
Pedestrians:
With more than 270 000 pedestrians killed on roads each year, they account to almost a quarter of all road traffic casualties annually. Certain roads, especially in low and middle income countries, completely fail to separate road users from the rest of the road users, which put them in imminent danger.
Risk factors
Members Collaboration
IFRC engagement
| Website | Carrying out RS activites | Interested in expanding RS work |
| Kenya Red Cross | Yes | Yes |
National laws
Lead agency: National Transport and Safety Authority
Speed limit law
Motorcycle helmet law
Child restraint law
Drug-driving law
Drink-driving law
Seat-belt law
Mobile phones while driving law
Crash data
Annual road fatalities
12,891
Fatalities per 100K pop. per year
29.1
Population
44,353,691
Estimated GDP loss
not available
Registered vehicles
2,011,972
Income group
Lower-middle*
Source: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015
*World Bank
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