Following increased road accidents, the Kenya Roads Board has begun a design audit and mapping of all black spots along the Northern Corridor.
With nearly 4,000 people killed in traffic accidents this year, the board stated that the exercise was designed to come up with mitigation measures to reduce road carnage.
This came after the board donated an ambulance and medical equipment to Naivasha Level IV hospital to help with increasing road accidents along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
According to Engineer Tom Omai, a board member, the rising number of fatal accidents in the country was concerning, necessitating action.
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Omai stated that the audit exercise had begun from Mombasa to Malaba after handing over medical equipment worth over Ksh.16 million to management.
Omai said that the donated medical equipment would help save the lives of tens of accident victims seeking treatment at the Naivasha facility.
Dr Bernard Warui, the hospital's superintendent, stated that the facility had treated over 1,200 accident victims this year.
He stated that there was an urgent need to expand the current ICU, which only had two beds, to accommodate the increasing number of accident victims.
He stated that many of the accident victims seeking services here have head injuries and that expanding the ICU to 15 beds will save more lives.
Warui blamed the high number of accidents on the Northern corridor on the design of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, which was built to accommodate an increasing number of motorists.
The medic went on to say that building a dual-carriageway would drastically reduce the number of accidents that were straining the hospital.
He thanked Kenya Roads Boards for the donation and stated that the medical equipment and ambulance would be used to rescue accident victims.
