NTSA to introduce tech to check speed, reduce road deaths

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) seeks to introduce technologies to detect and record speeding offences using cameras.

The agency said it has completed six months of testing fixed speed cameras on select roads in Nairobi, including Thika Super Highway, Mombasa Road and Southern Bypass.

NTSA Director General George Njau told Parliament that since November 2024, they have also tested mobile speed camera technology on other roads across the country.

They are now seeking allocation of funds to roll out the cameras to tame speeding and road deaths.

“We have collected enough data, and we should be ready to go into the next stage of institutionalising them. We will have fixed and mobile cameras,” added Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir.

Recent NTSA data shows that an average of 12 Kenyans lost their lives in road accidents every day during the 2024/25 financial year.

Some 3,581 fatalities were recorded from June 2024 to March 2025, a 10 per cent increase compared to the 2023/24 financial year. 

Another 8,874 Kenyans incurred serious injuries, while 5,620 sustained slight injuries from road accidents. 

Nairobi recorded the highest number of fatalities countrywide between January and March 2025, with a total of 138 deaths. 

Most of the fatalities occurred along Thika Superhighway, Mombasa Road, Outer Ring Road and Langata Road.

Overall, the leading causes of fatal crashes included hit-and-runs, tyre bursts, motorists losing control of vehicles and motorcycles, overtaking improperly and failing to observe lane discipline, resulting in head-on collisions.