A total of 23 people were killed and 2,353 injured, 87 of them seriously, in 1, 827 road accidents in urban areas during the week of September 18-24, according to the General Directorate for National Security (DGSN).

These accidents were mainly due to drivers’ inattention, failure to give priority, pedestrians’ inattention, speeding, failure to keep a safe distance, change of direction without signal, failure to control vehicles, and failure to stop among other reasons, DGSN said in a press release.

With regard to the control and repression of traffic offenses, the security services drew up 41,911 tickets, 7,604 reports submitted to the public prosecutor’s office, while 34,307 transactional fines were collected, according to the same source.

The sums collected from these fines amounted to 7.4 million dirhams, according to the statement, which also mentioned the impounding of 4,766 vehicles, the seizure of 7,604 documents and the withdrawal of 266 vehicles from circulation.

Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse