In Libya, traffic accidents are dead more than in armed conflict. Cars are very old, infrastructure is non-existent, and no one respects traffic laws. Libyan roads are similar to the chaotic situation the country has experienced since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

In a railway depot in the center of the Libyan capital, hundreds of motor vehicles damaged by road accidents are crammed with tragedy. Some with blood on the seats, and others in clothes and shoes.

"Some cars have been locked up for 10 years, because their driver caused an accident that killed one person immediately and was put in jail after the relatives of the deceased refused to give him the waiver," says one of the warehouse guards.

In addition to the human loss, a traffic accident in Libya can cost the driver a lot, whether he is wrong or not. Under Libyan law, if someone unintentionally kills someone, he or she remains imprisoned, as long as the right holders have not forgiven him or Refuse to pay the blood. In some cases, families request huge sums when they want the driver to remain in jail.

According to the head of the Traffic and Licensing Department at the Tripoli Security Directorate, Brigadier Mohamed Barouni presented a gift, the number of traffic accidents last year was 4115, the victims were 5668, of whom 2,500 died, while the financial losses amounted to about 29 million dinars (21 million dollars).

The number of fatalities in traffic accidents is far higher than the number of weapons deaths, which amount to a few hundred each year, in a country where security instability and violence between rival militias, tribes and armed groups are rampant.

"Speed ​​in the main roads, and lack of attention, cause traffic accidents in the absence of respect for the law," says Brig.

"The problem with road erosion. 60 years ago, there have been no expansion or maintenance to accommodate this huge number of vehicles. "

"In 2010, 600,000 cars were registered in Tripoli, while in 2019 we have more than two million cars. "If we add government vehicles and public transport, the number is three million in the capital alone," with a population of two million.

For the first time in years, the authorities decided to allocate a budget for road maintenance.