The National Transport and Safety Authority has announced a series of measures to reduce road accidents in Kenya, including health checks for all drivers, particularly those driving PSVs and trucks.
In a notice released on Tuesday, NTSA announced that all drivers, particularly those driving PSVs and trucks, will be required to undergo health checks.
The health checks will be conducted to ensure that drivers do not have conditions such as poor eyesight, hearing difficulties, fatigue, and chronic illnesses such as diabetes.
According to NTSA, some of these conditions are more prevalent than people realize and can easily affect a driver’s behavior on the road.
At the same time, NTSA has announced plans to construct rest areas along major highways, particularly along the Northern Corridor, to help prevent accidents caused by driver fatigue.
The authority has also announced plans to introduce electronic tracking systems to track how different drivers behave on the road.
These include the GPS tracking, dashboard cameras, and telematics which can monitor the speed, braking, and overall behavior of the driver.
This will enable the data to reach NTSA, thus enabling authorities to detect risky behavior in time and act before accidents occur.
This system is based on a global road safety model that recognizes that errors are inevitable and aims at minimizing the effects of these errors.
Fatigue, health problems, and reckless driving have remained some of the top causes of road accidents in the country.
Commercial vehicles have been reported to contribute significantly to road accidents in the country, as data from NTSA’s 2025 road safety report shows.
Commercial vehicles were involved in more than 1,000 cases in 2024 alone.
This is part of a series of government initiatives aiming at improving road safety on major highways like Nairobi-Mombasa and Nairobi-Kisumu-Malaba.
NTSA hopes these new measures will save lives by tackling risks before they become accidents.
