At least one passenger died and 21 others were seriously injured when a bus overturned at the junction between State House Road and Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi.

The police said that the accident occurred on the night of Monday, 13 October 2025, as the bus sped down Valley Road towards the city centre.

According to survivors, the driver lost control of the bus as it sped down the hilly road, causing it to overturn at the junction.

The area is under construction. Rescuers rushed to the scene and took the injured to hospital.

The City Hoppa Sacco bus came to rest on the left-hand side of the road, with passengers scrambling to escape.

The deceased’s body was taken to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The wreckage was towed to Kilimani police station pending investigation.

Last week, more than 30 people were injured when a bus plunged into a river in the Waruku area of Nairobi. The incident is under investigation.

Meanwhile, two police officers were killed in a road traffic accident on the evening of Sunday 12 October 2025, at around 8pm along the Mwatate–Voi Road near the Landi area.

The collision involved a Nissan Note and a motorcycle carrying two police officers.

Both officers were attached to Msau Police Station.

The Nissan Note was travelling from Voi towards Mwatate when the driver attempted an improper overtaking manoeuvre, resulting in a head-on collision with an oncoming police motorcycle.

The impact left both officers with serious multiple injuries, according to the police. They were rushed to Voi Moi Level Five Hospital, where they died while receiving treatment. The driver of the car escaped uninjured.

Police said they are investigating the incident.

The case comes even as the country continues to record cases of accidents in various parts of the country.

A week ago,  a road accident involving a bus occurred at Waruku, along the road leading to Gatina in Dagoretti North Constituency, Nairobi.

The bus, tipped onto its side and was partially submerged in the water, with people clambering over it in an effort to evacuate passengers trapped inside.

Preliminary reports indicated that at least 30 passengers were injured in the accident.

The months of August and September 2025 were marked by several tragic road accidents across major Kenyan highways.

As of August 10, 2025, Kenya had already recorded 2,933 road traffic fatalities since January 1st.

Data from the NTSA for the first nine months of 2025 shows that over 3,300 people died in road crashes