BEIRUT, Nov 18 (NNN-NNA) – At least 18 people were injured on Sunday, in a car accident in Byblos, Mount Lebanon, requiring the civil defence teams to use hydraulic machinery, to save wounded people, Al Jadeed local TV channel reported.
According to police data, compiled by YASA International, a road safety organisation, over 5,000 traffic accidents in 2018 claimed lives of some 450 people in Lebanon.
“The main reason behind this increased number of car accidents in Lebanon is the absence of political will to organise and regulate this sector,” a source at the Lebanese International Road Safety Academy (LIRSA) said.
The source added that, road accidents have increased because the government has never adopted a national road safety strategy.– NNN-NNA
