The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), in its report dated December 20, recorded 4,432 fatalities between January and December 13.
The tally recorded increased by 161 deaths from 4,271 cases tabulated within the same period in 2021.
According to NTSA, speeding, lane indiscipline, driving under the influence, distracted driving, failure to wear helmets and failure to use footbridges were among the leading causes of accidents.
The following are some of the accidents that made headlines in 2022.
Party Bus Tragedy - 12 Lives Lost
At least 12 people, including passengers in a party-on-wheels-bus, died in a multiple-car crash involving three vehicles in Subuiga along the Isiolo Meru Highway on October 9.
The modified bus, ferrying revellers to a concert in Meru, lost control and rammed into a matatu and trailer at night, killing 11 on the spot.
One other passenger succumbed to injuries a day later while receiving treatment at St Theresa Kiirua hospital.
23 more passengers from the bus were treated and discharged from the facility.
Alcoholic beverages found at the scene of the accident raised questions about the driver's sobriety. However, a survivor came out to defend the deceased driver.
"The bus was designed in such a way that the driver was not allowed to access the party area or vice versa. He was on duty as we hired him to ferry us to the conservancy," he told the media.
Police officers probing the incident revealed that the bus was not licenced to operate on the road and lacked an inspection certificate, deeming it unroadworthy.
Modern Coast Tragedy - 36 Lives Lost
Grief rocked the country on the evening of Sunday, July 25, after a Modern Coast bus full of passengers heading to Mombasa from Meru veered off the Nithi Bridge black spot.
A total of 36 people perished, including all 33 passengers aboard the ill-fated bus. Among those who perished was a graduate doctor reporting for her first job.
First responders on the scene stated that the bus lost control as it went downhill, and knocked off the guard rails before plunging meters below.
Preliminary reports indicated that the bus was speeding, but the wife of the deceased driver vehemently disputed the notion.
“He had been complaining about the state of the bus for a while now. He spent a lot of time at the garage with that bus," Mama Mercy stated.
Modern Coast also insisted that the bus was licensed and approved for the journey. Consequently, the government revoked the license of the bus company.
Mombasa - Road Tragedy - 20 Lives Lost
A day of merry-making turned tragic after eight guests invited to a wedding perished in a grisly road accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway that claimed 20 lives.
This was after a 19-seater matatu heading to Mombasa collided head-on with a truck at Taru in Kwale County on Friday evening, July 8.
Area OCPD Fredrick Ombaka confirmed that the PSV rammed into the lorry as it tried to overtake a vehicle along the Mwembeni stretch.
"The driver miscalculated the speed of the oncoming track. He attempted to veer off the road, but it was too late," the lone survivor, Pamela Chae, told the media.
First respondents indicated that the scene was gory, with some of the bodies of the overloaded matatu sprawled on the road.
Burnt to Death - 6 Lives Lost
Six passengers passed away after a 14-seater matatu they were travelling in burst into flames along the busy Thika-Garissa highway on July 5.
A gas cylinder in the vehicle blew after a head-on collision between the matatu and a personal vehicle.
Eight people who sustained injuries were rushed to the Matuu Level Four hospital with serious burns.
