World Bank attributes the drain on Kenyan economy to the increased road deaths

The wreckage of the Nairobi Bus and a Truck that collided head on at Migaa area near Salgaa along the Nakuru- Eldoret Highway on December 31,2017. [Photo by Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Road deaths and injuries are holding back economic growth in developing countries such as Kenya, according to a new World Bank survey.

The study estimates that unabated traffic fatalities in poor countries could reduce productivity per person by between seven and 22 per cent in the next 24 years.