traffic accidents

Road Accidents Killed 18 People in Morocco Last Week

Rabat - Arab Today

18 people were killed and 1,573 were injured, including 76 seriously, in 1,210 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas on March 13-19, the police said. These accidents were mainly ascribed to non-control of vehicles, non-respect of priority, excessive speeding, pedestrian and driver errors and driving under the influence of alcohol, the same source pointed out in a statement. MoreRead more

Panel formed in each security directorate to reduce traffic accidents

Cairo - Arab Today

Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar formed a committee at each security directorate to reduce traffic accidents throughout Egypt. Each committee will hold a periodic meeting or upon the request of the panel's chief. Each committee will also work on finding effective solutions to prevent traffic problems. Source: MENARead more

Traffic Accidents Kill 17 People in Morocco’s Urban Areas Last Week

Rabat - Arab Today

Seventeen people were killed and 1,481 were injured, including 57 seriously, in the 1,169 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas on January 16-22, the Moroccan police said. These accidents were mainly ascribed to non-control of vehicles, non-respect of priority, excessive speeding, pedestrian and driver errors and driving under the influence of alcohol, the Moroccan police pointed out in aRead more

Traffic Accidents Kill 19 People in Morocco’s Urban Areas Last Week

Rabat - Arab Today

Nineteen people were killed and 1,507 were injured, including 71 seriously, in the 1,164 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas on January 9-15, the Moroccan police said. These accidents were mainly ascribed to non-control of vehicles, non-respect of priority, excessive speeding, pedestrian and driver errors and driving under the influence of alcohol, the Moroccan police pointed out in aRead more

Bus crashes kill 19 in Morocco, Algeria

Rabat , Morocco - Arab Today

Two major bus crashes in Morocco and Algeria killed a total of 19 people early Saturday and injured almost three dozen more, media reported. The worst accident took place in southern Morocco when a truck collided with a passenger bus on a highway near the city of Agadir, the MAP news agency said. Ten people were burned alive and 22Read more

Finland introduces app to help drivers avoid killing reindeer

Helsinki - Xinhua

Finnish officials recently introduced a smartphone app to help drivers spot reindeer so as to reduce the number of the animals killed in traffic accidents. An estimated 4,000 reindeer are killed by cars and trucks every year in the northern Finnish province of Lapland, where about 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wild and walk on the roads, according to theRead more

40 people killed, injured in traffic accident in Afghanistan

Kabul - Arab Today

Four people were killed when another bus overturned in neighboring Nimroz province, said Ahmad Arab, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nimroz. Arab added that 36 others were wounded in that accident and blamed the bus driver for driving too fast and causing the vehicle to flip over. Traffic accidents are not unusual in Afghanistan; annually hundreds of people dieRead more

11 killed, injured in road car accidents in Sohag

Sohag - Arab Today

Three people were killed and eight others injured in two traffic accidents in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. The first accident happened when a hearse overturned as the driver lost control on the driving wheel as the right tire exploded. The car driver and a companion were killed and three others injured in the accident. Another accident took placeRead more