In the H1 of 2018, accident rates decreased to 24.6 accidents per day, compared to 32.4 accidents per day, in 2017. Private vehicles were found to cause the highest number of accidents, reaching 3,023 vehicles, which is 43.0% of the total number of vehicles in the H1 of 2018. The number of train accidents were 1,082 accidents in the H1 of 2018 compared to 793 accidents in the same period in 2017. barriers, is the most common cause of train accidents at the regional level, reaching 879 cases, with a rate of 81.2% of the total number of train accidents in the H1 of 2018. Finally, train accidents’ cruelty rate was 66.0 deaths per100 injured, and the severity rate was 0.1deaths or injured/accident in the H1 of 2018.

Source: Daily News Egypt November 26, 2018 20:03 UTC