Name: Aya Alaa' ElDeen AbdelFattah

ID: 44178

Woman on Way to Mom's Funeral Killed in Crash

Nadia Adel was on her way to her mother's funeral in Cairo Saturday when she was killed in a car crash. The woman was in a Taxi being driven by a 48-year-old man who lost control of the vehicle on the road; it rolled several times, and Nadia was ejected. She wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, authorities say. Nadia was pronounced dead at the scene, and the 48-year-old was in serious condition.

Egypt loses about 12 000 lives due to road traffic crashes every year. It has a road traffic fatality rate of 42 deaths per 100 000 population. Majority (48%) of those killed are passengers of four-wheelers though pedestrians also constitute a significant proportion (20%) of these fatalities. According to the recently published WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety, though there are laws on speed, Blood Alcohol Concentration for the general population, seat-belt wearing and helmet wearing, they are poorly enforced. In addition, there is no adequate provision of infrastructure for non-motorized modes of transport. Egypt is one of the ten countries included in the WHO Road Safety in 10 countries project which will be conducted over 5-years by a consortium of six international partners.