Boda Boda accidents: Comparison between operators and passengers deaths

Source: The Star

The Kenyan National Police Service (NPS) records all reported motorcycle deaths and injuries allocating each case to one of three categories; fatal, serious or slight.

While the difference between fatal and serious is relatively easy to define, the difference between serious and slight is less clear.

One or other category is attributed to each individual where the duty office incurs an injury based on personal opinion.

9,996 people were directly affected by motorcycle crashes during this period, with a total of 2,384 fatalities, 5,581 serious injuries and 2,031 slight injuries.

The data shows that when comparing pillion passengers and bodaboda operators, the latter are more likely to die as a result of a motorcycle crash, constituting 74% of the total number of deaths recorded during the 18 months.