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32: 894: 299: 174: 841: 39: 236:. Africa Transport Policy Program, which works on developing transportation policies, has referred to an “epidemic of road fatalities and serious injuries.” More than 270,000 people die in vehicle collisions in Africa each year, and the 543: 573: 535: 514: 565: 383: 650: 659: 451: 260:
suffered a punctured tire and collided with another bus traveling in the opposite direction. The victims were taken to a hospital in Kaffrine.
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would be banned, and that vehicles transporting people and goods would have a speed limit of 90 km/h (56 mph) imposed.
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declared three days of national mourning after the accident, to be observed on 9–11 January 2023. After a government meeting in
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announced that night buses would be temporarily banned between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., that the import of second-hand
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Africa accounts for about one-fifth of the world's road deaths, despite only containing 3% of the world's
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The crash occurred on Number 1 national road near the town of Gniby at 3:15am local time (
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Buses, known locally as "schedules," travel at night from region to region in
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On 8 January 2023, 40 people were killed and 101 injured in central
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projects that figure will nearly double by 2030, in part due rapid
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Ministry of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Opening Up
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Gniby is located in Senegal
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GMT
UTCÂą00:00
Gniby
Kaffrine Region
Senegal
Coordinates
14°26′N 15°40′W / 14.43°N 15.66°W / 14.43; -15.66
Vehicle collision

N1 national road
Senegal
Gniby
Kaffrine
N1 national road
Senegal
refrigerated lorry
Malem Hodar
sub-Saharan Africa
European Union
motor vehicles
World Health Organization
urbanization
UTC+00:00
Rosso
Macky Sall
Diamniadio
Prime Minister
Amadou Bâ

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