A serious traffic accident occurred on Monday, June 9, 2025 in the morning, in the Chrichra region, under the Haffouz delegation, Kairouan governorate. The drama, caused by a collision between two vehicles, left three dead – all of young men – and two wounded.
The emergency services quickly intervened on the scene and transferred the wounded to the hospital structures to provide them with the necessary care.
This drama extends the long list of road accidents in Tunisia, a persistent scourge that mourns families every week. According to the most recent data in the National Road Safety Observatory, 2024 has recorded more than 5,600 accidentshaving caused About 1000 deaths And more than 7,500 injured. Only in the first five months of 2025 alone, the country already counts more than 210 dead on the roadsaccording to provisional estimates.
The increased frequency of these dramas, especially during periods of strong circulation such as holidays and religious festivals, worries the authorities. On the occasion of the end of the Eid Al-Iida leave, the National Observatory for Road Safety published a series of recommendations for road users last night, calling them for caution and respect for the highway code in the face of the intensification of expected traffic.
