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Address root causes of increasing road crashes

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By Editorial | Apr 07, 2023

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**First responders try to rescue pupils and teachers from a wreckage of a school bus at Tokyo Stage along the Kagio - Baricho road in Ndia, Kirinyaga county.** [Timothy Kariuki, Standard]

According to statistics from the National Transport and Road Safety Authority (NTSA), 1,072 people died in road accidents between July 2022 and early April 2023. This number is marginally lower than the 1,159 who died in the same period the previous year.

Last week, a Pwani University bus was involved in an accident which claimed 18 lives. A week ago, eight students from Mariiira Secondary School in Murang'a sustained injuries after their school bus overturned along the Naromoru-Nanyuki road. Yesterday at Ndia, Kirinyaga County, a teacher lost his life after two school buses collided head-on.

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