🇪🇬 Egypt Road Accidents Today — Live Reports
Quick answer: Egypt has an estimated 8,689 road deaths so far in 2026 — about 31 a day, 9.9 per 100,000 people (safer than the global average, rank #133 of 195). 15 accident reports from Egypt were tracked in the last 24 hours (updated 06:15 UTC). Emergency number: 122 (police) / 123 (ambulance). Traffic drives on the right.
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan and the Sahara to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
- Capital
- Cairo
- Population
- 107,476,864 (2023)
- Area
- 1,010,408 km²
- Calling code
- +20
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Egyptian pound
- Continent
- Africa
- Emergency number
- 122 (police) / 123 (ambulance)
- Road deaths / 100k
- 9.9
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · read 2026-09-10
Egypt Accident News — Last 24 Hours
Egypt — Recent Report Archive
Reports matched to Egypt over recent days, preserved as they were tracked. Dates reflect when reports were published.
Emergency Numbers in Egypt
In Egypt, dial 122 (police) / 123 (ambulance). From most GSM mobiles, 112 also reaches local emergency services.
Numbers can change — verify locally. Full list: emergency numbers for every country.
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Road Safety in Egypt
Egypt has an estimated road traffic death rate of 9.9 per 100,000 people, which is safer than the global average. With a population of roughly 112,700,000, that translates to about 11,157 deaths every year — 31 every single day.
Globally it ranks #133 by death rate of 195 tracked countries. See all of Africa road accident statistics, the world table, or the methodology behind these figures. Driving here? Check the driving laws in Egypt — speed limits, alcohol limit and which side of the road.
Road Deaths in Egypt, 2000–2019
Deaths per 100,000 people by year (World Bank, mirroring WHO estimates). Over this period the rate has fallen by 7.2%.