Rabat – Eighteen people were killed and 1,624 were injured in 1,309 total road accidents in urban areas from May 8 to 14, the General Directorate for National Security has announced.
Despite great efforts and measures which have been taken to minimize road accidents, road mortality is still a huge problem in Morocco
These accidents were mainly ascribed to pedestrian and driver errors, driving under the influence of alcohol, excessive speeding, and not respecting rules of right-of-way.
The same source added that over 43,600 tickets were issued by police during the same week. The sum of fines paid by road traffic violators stood at more than 6 MAD million.
Over 13,788 records have been transmitted to the Department of Public Prosecution and 5117 vehicles have been detained, added the same sou
