Rabat- Thirty-one people were killed and 1,491 injured, including 74 seriously, in the 1,075 road accidents that occurred in Morocco's urban districts on August 4-10.
The main reasons behind these accidents are attributed to lack of attention to pedestrians and drivers, excessive speeding, not respecting the stop sign and change of lanes without signal among others, the General Directorate of National Security said a statement.
According to official statistics, about 99 percent of road accidents in Morocco occur in urban areas and affect mainly pedestrians and motorcycles.