A collision between a minibus and a heavy truck on a highway west of Cairo resulted in the deaths of 10 people and left 24 others injured, Egyptian health officials reported on Saturday. The crash occurred near 6th of October City, a suburban area in the Giza province on the outskirts of the capital.

According to a statement from Egypt’s health ministry, 10 of those wounded were in critical condition. Health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar described the casualty numbers as preliminary and indicated that authorities were still evaluating the situation.

The accident adds to a series of fatal road incidents in Egypt, where traffic safety remains a significant concern. Authorities and experts frequently cite reckless driving, inadequate vehicle maintenance, and inconsistent enforcement of traffic regulations as underlying causes of many crashes.

Egypt’s state statistics agency reports that road accidents injure more than 75,000 people and cause over 5,000 deaths annually. Recent months have witnessed several major accidents, including an early-October crash in which a large truck collided with a tourist bus west of Cairo, killing 13 people and injuring 34. In September, a bus accident in the Sinai Peninsula claimed 22 lives, including 10 Jordanian tourists. Additionally, in August, a collision between two pickup trucks carrying agricultural laborers in northern Egypt resulted in at least 18 fatalities, many of them children.

Officials continue to urge more stringent traffic regulations and improved road safety measures as the country grapples with reducing the high number of casualties from road traffic accidents.