A video emerged on Wednesday, January 5, of a motorist dangerously overtaking before crashing head-on with a lorry approaching on a different lane.
According to the car's dash cam time stamp, the incident occurred in September 2022 when the driver was recorded following another trailer closely on a busy two-lane road.
From the video, the driver was also seen receiving instructions from a front passenger on how to manoeuvre the busy highway.
However, the driver failed to get back into his lane on time, leading to a head-on collision with another speeding lorry approaching on a different lane.
It is not clear whether the driver and the front seat passenger survived the crash as they seemed not to have buckled up at the time of the crash.
Following the crash, Kenyans appealed to the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to scale up road discipline lessons for motorists.
Disgruntled social media users attributed the crash to a lack of road discipline and human error.
"Lack of discipline is the number one killer in our Kenyan roads," Kimuzi wrote on Twitter while sharing the viral video, which attracted over 46,000 views.
Other motorists attributed the accident to tailgating, where a driver drives behind another vehicle without leaving safe distance, allowing him to stop in case of an emergency or halt to avoid a collision.
"Fatal, head-on collision with the bus, no seat belts rule observed, why tailgate and you are overtaking? Why not stick on your lane cause flirting with speed makes you or breaks you. We need massive education about road safety," one social media user wrote.
"Tailgating while overtaking is the biggest mistake any driver can make," another social media user commented.
The issue of using seat belts also formed part of the conversation regarding the accident, with some road users pleading with the government to enforce the regulation.
"The fact that they were not wearing their seat belts just makes it worse. Look how the passenger grabs the windshield...that's literally the worst thing you can try to do in such a situation," a concerned passenger wrote.
According to data from NTSA, 4,449 people lost their lives in 2022, a 3 per cent increase from 2021 when there were 4271 cases.
"From the analysis of past reports, a high number of road carnage results from avoidable human factors including driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, dangerous overtaking, fatigue, and ignoring traffic lights and signs among others," Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen revealed.
