The year 2020, which was exceptional at all levels because of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, has recorded a remarkable drop in road accidents, as well as the number of deaths victims of these accidents, up to 26% compared to the reference year 2015, said Thursday in Rabat, head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani.
Speaking at the meeting of the interministerial committee in charge of road safety, El Otmani stressed that this decline is mainly due to the significant decrease in traffic following preventive measures taken by public authorities during the period of lockdown, said a statement by the Department of the head of government.
El Otmani also stressed the need to maintain this downward trend during this year, with a view to achieving the objectives set for the 5th year of the National Road Safety Strategy (2017-2026), calling in this context for the acceleration of the implementation of the provisions of this strategy, in addition to the implementation of regional and local action plans, developed within the framework of the regional road safety to find effective solutions to road safety issues and urban plans relating to territorial specificities.
The members of the interministerial committee followed during the meeting a presentation on the temporary statistics of road accidents for the year 2020, which revealed a decrease of 17% in road accidents and fatal accidents, as well as a decline of 18% in fatalities, in addition to a decrease of 22% in seriously injured people, said the statement.
The downward trend in road traffic fatalities has continued steadily over the last four years, as have road safety indicators, including fatality indicators, severity and number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, added the same source.
In the same context, El Otmani noted that Morocco has managed to save about 1,000 lives during the last four years and until the end of 2020, as part of achieving the objective of the national strategy to reduce deaths from road accidents by 50% by 2026.
“Behind every serious accident, there are lives lost, families that suffer and people whose lives are completely changed, so many daily tragedies of the road war that speak to us and require a collective response to reduce them, especially in our country where the number of deaths on the roads exceeds 3,000 people each year,” he said.
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