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Careless driving, deadly blackspots claimed over 4,100 lives in 2023

Kenyan roads have become dangerous, claiming lives repeatedly through horrific accidents.

The majority of these accidents have always involved oil tankers, cargo trucks, public service vehicles known as matatus and motorbike (boda boda) riders. Though sporadic, they make news headlines due to the massive casualty rate, destruction of property and leaving scores with life-threatening injuries. Often, they involve head-on collisions, matatus ramming into stationary trucks - like the one that took place last week and in the process oil tankers exploding into huge fireballs from the impact.

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