A male pedestrian died instantly after being struck by a truck on the B2 road, approximately 36 kilometres from Karibib towards Okahandja, late on Monday night.

According to an Erongo police report, the accident occurred at around 23:35.

Traffic volumes have picked up on the B2 road as holidaymakers head home after vacations at the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.

Two thousand vehicles passed through the Swakopmund roadblock on Monday afternoon.