(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Rabat – Nineteen people were killed and 1,507 were injured, including 71 seriously, in the 1,164 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas on January 9-15, 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 30,103 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.
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