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Members of the public at a scene of a past accident. Three people died in a road accident involving a boda boda and car on the Busia-Malaba Road on January 30, 2016. FILE PHOTO |
What you need to know:
- The car occupants escaped with minor scratches.
Three people died Saturday afternoon when a boda boda collided with a car along the Busia-Malaba Road.
The three who died included the boda boda rider and his two passengers who were headed to Malaba for a funeral. The car occupants escaped with minor scratches.
"Two of the accident victims died on the spot while the third one was pronounced dead on arrival at the Busia County Referral Hospital," said St John's Ambulance communications manager, Mr Fred Majiwa.
INCREASING BODA BODA ACCIDENTS
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has recently been warning the public that the number of motorcycle deaths in Kenya has been on the rise in the last 10 years, from as low as 44 in 2005 to the 391 deaths in 2014.
The transport safety body has urged boda boda riders to familiarise and comply with new regulations, NTSA Regulations 2015 for Motorcycles, to reduce fatalities on the road.
NTSA chairman Mr Lee Kinyanjui speaking at a past function this year, lay the blame on the rising cases of road accidents on rogue driving schools adding that only 20 per cent of boda boda operators in Kenya are competent.
The new regulations, which came into force on January 1, seek to tame boda boda accidents and attract a fine not exceeding Sh20,000 or a jail term of not more than six months or both for offenders.
