NTSA: Accidents claim eight lives on Kenyan roads daily and cost Sh300b annually

KDF officers at scene of an accident involving a canter lorry and over ten cars at Laini area along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. Over thirty people including police officers died in the accident that occurred a few kilometers from Naivasha town. [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/Standard]

Kenyan roads have turned into death traps, taking at least eight lives every day.

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) puts annual estimates at 3,000 deaths, which is a conservative figure.