Five People have died, and seven others injured after a matatu collided with a truck on Sunday morning.
Confirming the accident Londiani OCPD Joseph Odipo stated that the accident claimed the lives of the five in Londiani along Nakuru-Kericho road.
According to statistics, drivers have constituted 12% of all fatalities on Kenyan roads in the last year.
Researchers noted that head-on collision - where two moving cars collide when coming from opposing directions- tend to be serious because of the resulting speed of collision coupled with factors like failure to wear seat belts.
Drivers were also reported to be killed in T-bone crashes where a vehicle, usually at an intersection, hits the side of another car.
A daily traffic accidents statistics revealed that the number of death on Kenya roads have slightly decreased even as pedestrians still record the highest number of fatalities in road crashes.
Preliminary statistics released by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) revealed that at least 1,782 people have lost their lives by February 28, 2018, compared to 1,971 who died the same period last year.
The latest statistics indicate that more pedestrians are still vulnerable to accidents across the country compared to the number of passengers, motorcyclist and pedal cyclists killed in road accidents.
A report also indicated that between January 1 and February 27, this year, a total of 488 people died in road crashes in various parts of the country.
According to the report, 176 pedestrians died in road crashes across the country followed by motorcyclists with 114 deaths recorded.
During the same period, 41 drivers lost their lives while 94 passengers and 9 pedal cyclist perished in the accidents.
