By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 03/29/2023 at 23:22
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The roads in Morocco are considered dangerous and accidents are common. AFP
Five people were killed and 27 others injured, including 12 seriously, in a road accident on Wednesday March 29 in Morocco, near Rabat, local authorities have told us. A minibus crashed into a tree after the driver lost control of his vehicle in the rural town of Brachoua, some fifty kilometers from the capital, according to the same sources. The injured were hospitalized, 12 of them in serious condition. An investigation has been opened.
The roads in Morocco – and more generally in the Maghreb countries – are considered dangerous and accidents are common. A bus accident on November 22 near the north-eastern town of Taza killed 11 and injured 43. Another bus crash east of Casablanca on August 17, 2022, killing 23 and injuring 36, was one of the deadliest traffic dramas in Morocco in recent years.
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3,200 road fatalities in 2022
Coaches and minibuses are a mode of transport widely used by Moroccans to travel in rural and remote areas, especially by the most humble people who cannot afford a car. In 2022, more than 3,200 people died in road accidents in Morocco, a number down around 7% from the previous year, according to the latest statistics from the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA).
Moroccan authorities have taken a series of measures to tackle the scourge of road insecurity and halve the death toll by 2026 by 2026, following the worst bus accident in the country’s history in 2012 (42 dead).