Five people have lost their lives in a grisly road accident in Londiani along the Kericho Highway.
The accident that happened in the wee hours of Saturday morning involved a 14-seater matatu and trailer.
The accident occurred after the matatu rammed into a trailer in the Londiani area.
Kenya Red Cross in an update stated that 10 people were injured.
” The scene of the accident was cleared by police. 10 casualties were evacuated to Molo and Londiani subcounty hospitals. Unfortunately, 5 people (4 men and 1 child) lost their lives,” Kenya Red Cross stated.
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) early this week disclosed that 3,609 people lost their lives in road accidents in 2023.
This number of fatalities covers the months of January to October 2023.
This, however, is a drop in the number of fatalities in the same period last year, which stood at 3,936. This was an 8.31 per cent drop.
In their October Road Safety status report, the NTSA said January recorded 379 fatalities, February had 340, March (389), April (357) and May had 340.
June recorded 439 fatalities, July -325, August -327, September- 338 and October had 330 cases.
In 2022, at least 4,690 people lost their lives on Kenyan roads.
The year recorded 21,757 road accident casualties, representing a 5.5 per cent increase from what was reported in 2021.
The number of victims who sustained serious injuries in 2022 was 9,935, while those who sustained slight injuries in 2022 rose by 1,136 to 7,132
Pedestrians accounted for the highest fatalities at 1,682 while motorcyclists were 1,254.
Drivers were 426, passengers (822), pillion passengers (445) and pedal cyclists (61).
Passenger casualties increased from 7,586 victims in 2021 to 9,161 in 2022, a percentage increase of 20.8.
