In Kenya, the leading causes of injury include assault (42%), road traffic accidents (28%), unspecified soft tissue injury (11%), and less than 10% for cut-wounds and dog-bites, falls and burn and poisoning each (MoH-Kenya et al., 2015). According to the Kenya Health and Demographic survey 2008/9, 39% and 20.6% of women have experienced physical and sexual violence, respectively (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS); ORC Macro, 2010). There has been an increase in transport injuries with pedestrians comprising 43% of fatalities (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS); ORC Macro, 2010). Other vulnerable road users include motorcyclists and cyclists. More than 75% of deaths on the roads are males and about 50% of the total deaths are children or young adults. The major killer has been consistently identified as speed and lack of use of safety equipment such as helmets, seat-belts and child-restraints (World Health Organization (WHO), 2010).

References:

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS); ORC Macro. (2010). Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09. Health (San Francisco), 1–314. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/fr229/fr229.pdf

MoH-Kenya, KNBS, & WHO. (2015). Kenya STEPwise Survey for Non Communicable Diseases Risk Factors 2015 Report. MoH-Kenya. https://www.health.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Executive-summary-6-2.pdf

World Health Organization (WHO). (2010). Road Safety in Ten Countries: Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/countrywork/rs10_kenya_en.pdf