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

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 a statement.

 
Over 35,431 traffic tickets were issued by the police during the same week. The sum of fines paid by road traffic violators stood at around 4 million dirhams, the same source said.

Source :Morocco World News