Nairobi, March 12 -- One in every three Kenyans who died in road accidents over the past six years was either riding on a motorcycle or was hit by the two-wheeled speed machines that dot roads and pedestrian walks across the country.

Together, motorcyclists and pillion passengers constituted 8,432 out of the 24,312 road accident deaths that were reported between 2018 and 2023, based on data on road accidents in the country.

Over the past decade, about 70,000 road accidents occurred in the country, leaving behind a trail of misery in many homes. The lives of more than 120,000 Kenyans who were left with injuries changed forever.

More than 36,000 lives were lost to road accidents between 2014 and 2023, taking away parents, siblings and fr...