Egyptian media has reported that 12 people were killed in a traffic accident on the eastern desert road near Abu Qurqas Center in Minya Governorate. The injured were transferred to Minya General Hospital and other hospitals in the area to be treated. 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 rate of car accidents within Egypt increased to 27.4 accidents per day in 2019, it said. CAPMAS attributed the main cause of car accidents to human error at 79.7 percent of the total road accident causes in 2019, followed by technical vehicle defects at 13.5 percent.

Source: Egypt Independent November 20, 2020 09:22 UTC