Senior executives behind 13 percent of road accidents in Algeria

Senior state executives are behind 13 percent of traffic accidents in Algeria following truck drivers who cause 15 percent of the accidents, the National Centre of Road Prevention finds.

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• Tradesmen are ranked third after senior executives for 10 percent of road accidents. Civil servants are behind 7 percent while their number is estimated at one million and six hundreds, according to the centre.
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• Farmers cause 5 percent of the daily traffic accidents.
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• Figures show that 4.73 percent of accidents are caused by bus and taxi drivers.
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• The number of people who use bus and taxi drivers in Algeria is estimated at 10 million. That makes public transport the safest road mean.