InfrastructureDemo Wire
Demo placeholder: night-time corridor lighting pilot expands
Sample article slot describing a lighting intervention along a major highway corridor. Replace with a live feed item.
A frontend prototype · dataset snapshot 2025-12-31
Kenya loses lives
on the road every single day.
Understanding where, when and why lives are lost on Kenya's roads. This trial edition maps 1,370 demonstration crash records across all 47 counties, 8 highway corridors and 18 known blackspots.
Recorded deaths
853
Crash records
1,370
People harmed
3,895
Counties covered
47
Road safety in the Kenyan press
What the data says
Four findings from this snapshot
Each card links to the visualization that produced it, so any claim can be traced back to the underlying records.
Nairobi records the highest absolute death toll
93 deaths across 174 crashes — driven by dense urban traffic and long trunk-road exposure.
Compare counties →Machakos is the deadliest per resident
4.29 deaths per 100,000 people. Absolute counts hide the risk carried by smaller counties.
See the rate map →Pedestrians account for 32% of deaths
People walking are the single most exposed group, most often struck while crossing unlit trunk roads at night.
Meet the victims →Risk concentrates in a handful of hours
Crash volume peaks in the evening commute and again late at night on weekends — a narrow window where enforcement matters most.
Explore time patterns →Geography
The map of loss
Colour shows recorded deaths per county. Open the full map to switch to population-adjusted rates, pedestrian deaths, corridors and blackspots.
Choropleth
Fatalities by county
Click a county to focus it.
Total recorded fatalities per county · scroll to zoom · drag to pan
0
93
Monthly
Deaths over time
Drag the handles to brush a period.
Primary vehicle
Vehicles most often involved
- measured in crashes
Chain of events
From vehicle to outcome
An alluvial view of how vehicle type, driver behaviour and victim group flow into injury severity.
Sankey
Crash flow
Hover a band to trace a single pathway.
Deaths per crash record
0.00
Injuries recorded
0
Share involving a matatu or boda
0.0%
Confirmed blackspots
0
Newsroom
Reporting around the numbers
Illustrative coverage cards showing how the data layer would sit alongside editorial reporting.
Road SafetyDemo Wire
Demo placeholder: helmet compliance study on urban boda routes
Sample article slot summarising a protective-gear observation exercise in three towns.
Public SafetyDemo Wire
Demo placeholder: pedestrian crossing upgrades under review
Sample article slot on proposed crossing redesigns near schools and market junctions.
All figures shown are temporary demonstration data generated for this prototype. They are not official Kenyan road-safety statistics.