Four people were killed and 38 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck carrying cement on Aswan-Abu Simbel road on Thursday. Car accidents in Egypt rose by 17.8 percent in 2019, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported, with 9,992 reported accidents compared to 8,480 in 2018. In a June 2020 report on traffic accidents, the agency added that the number of car accident deaths rose to 3,484 in 2019 – an increase of 12.9 percent. The Egyptian government is working to overhaul transportation in the country to increase road safety and ease heavy traffic. According to the minister, road accident deaths fell five percent in 2018/2019 and 44 percent in 2019/2020.

Source: Egypt Independent February 18, 2021 09:11 UTC