
Morocco's Road Deaths Plummet 76% as COVID-19 Lockdown Reduces Traffic
The number of deaths due to road accidents has dropped sharply in the past week. Confinement is largely responsible for this.

The number of deaths due to road accidents has dropped sharply in the past week. Confinement is largely responsible for this.

During the week of March 9 to 15, 2020, 1,613 accidents were recorded in urban areas. The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicated on Tuesday that the balance sheet for this week shows 13 deaths, 2,131 injured, including 59 seriously.

A tragic accident that occurred in Marrakech resulted in one death and several injuries.

A tragic accident, which occurred in the mountains of Azilal in the Moudj region of Iskssi, caused the death of a young soldier and two injuries.

During the first week of March, 21 people were killed and 2,211 others were injured, including 67 seriously, in 1,652 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas. This is the assessment made on Tuesday by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

The judicial police of Marrakech opened, on Wednesday, a preliminary investigation into criminal acts attributed to a car driver. He would be involved in a deliberately provoked traffic accident, causing injuries and property damage.

The road connecting Marrakech to Agadir, at the Sid Zouine toll booth, recorded a tragic accident on Sunday. A brutal collision between two cars traveling at high speed is said to be the cause of this accident, which resulted in as many deaths as injuries.

While practicing paragliding, his favorite sport, a French tourist died following a free fall in Morocco.

During the week from February 24 to March 1, 19 people were killed, 2,090 others were injured, including 90 seriously injured in 1,584 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas. This is the report made public by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

It was 7 o’clock in the morning, this Wednesday, March 4, when a Moroccan national residing in France was the victim of a heart attack as he was returning home to Biougra , in a rental car.

A traffic accident occurred on the Mtâa road, in the province of Chefchaouen, resulting in two deaths.

Another tramway accident in Casablanca, which cost the life of a motorist who was violently hit. This happened on line T1, between the Hay Raja and Tachfine stations.