Abstract
According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2018), 1.35 million people died in
2016 on the world’s roads, with road tra c injuries being the leading cause of death for
children and young adults aged 529 years.
Road tra c injuries is ranked 8th in the leading causes of death for all ages in 2016.It
surpasses those dying from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases although the
political commitment and nancial investments in road safety is only a fraction of that
made to combat these diseases (WHO, 2018).
The objectives of the study were to determine factors associated with fatal Road Tra c
Accidents (RTAs) in Kenya and to determine which of the poisson model t the RTA
fatalities count data better.