Bus loses control and plunges into a ditch along the Narok - Mai Mahiu Road. Photo/File
Nairobi County accounts for 22% of the national fatalities resulting from road accidents. This is according to a report by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).
According to NTSA, in the year 2015, a total of 668 deaths were recorded in Nairobi with 497 of these deaths being pedestrians.

Nairobi is closely followed by Nakuru and Kakamega whereas Lamu and Tana River recorded the lowest number of fatalities.NTSA associated the high number of fatalities in the capital city to the high number of vehicles and pedestrians.
The authority classified the Thika Superhighway, Airport North Road, Thika Road, Eastern Bypass, Jogoo Road and Mombasa Road as high risk roads saying that they account for the highest number of accidents in the city.
The Northern Corridor, which stretches from Mombasa to Malaba and passes through major towns of Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret and Busia, accounted for 18% of the total fatalities in 2015, an equivalent of 541 deaths.
Statistics further show that weekends account for the highest number of fatalities with Saturday being the most notorious with a total count of 20.1% in 2015. Sunday follows closely with 18.3% while Friday accounts for 14.6% of the total fatalities.
The high number of accidents over the weekends has been associated with drunk-driving and high rate of movements from one part of the country to the other.