| Updated Thu, January 19th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3NTSA official checks the alcohol levels of a matatu driver along Narok-Bomet road. (Photo: Robert Kiplagat/Standard)Fatalities caused by road accidents reduced by 13 per cent in 2016, the national government has revealed. National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Deputy Director for Safety Enforcement and Accident Investigations, Hared Hassan, said private and commercial vehicles led in fatal accidents with 31 and 29 per cent respectively. He said public service vehicles (PSVs), which used to be notorious for causing road accidents, recorded an 18 per cent reduction, with boda boda riders following private and commercial vehicles at 21 per cent. Some of the roads where most accidents happen are Narok-Mai Mahiu, Kisii-Kaplong, Kisumu-Nairobi, Makutano Junction-Kericho and Kericho Sotik.

Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2017 19:31 UTC