27 dead, 3,105 injured in one week — Morocco's urban roads remain a daily danger. Twenty-seven people were killed and 3,105 others injured — including 116 seriously — in 2,243 traffic accidents recorded in Morocco’s urban areas during the week of April 27 to May 3, according to a press release from the Directorate General of National Security. The leading causes were driver inattention, failure to yield the right of way, speeding, failure to maintain a safe distance, pedestrian inattention, loss of vehicle control, failure to stop at stop signs, changing direction without signaling, unauthorized turns, driving in the wrong direction, running red lights, drunk driving, driving in the left lane, and improper passing.
On the enforcement side, security services recorded 50,184 contraventions during the same period, drew up 8,006 reports submitted to the public prosecutor’s office, and collected 42,178 settlement fines totaling MAD 9,430,150. A total of 5,169 vehicles were impounded, 8,006 documents withdrawn, and 509 vehicles immobilized.
- Source: MAP