32 people – 27 Turks, one Azerbaijani, and 4 Egyptians – were injured in a collision between a tourist bus and a transport vehicle in Egypt's South Sinai governorate.

According to local media, the accident occurred in the Ras Sidr area, which is part of South Sinai governorate (eastern Egypt), after the bus departed from Sharm El-Sheikh to the Giza Pyramids area, and was among 22 buses that departed that same day.

All the injured were transferred to Ras Sidr General Hospital for medical care. Four of the injured were in moderate to critical condition, while medical tests confirmed the stable condition of the rest, according to local media.

South Sinai governorate said in a statement on Wednesday that it had directed rapid coordination between relevant authorities, dispatched ambulances, and transferred the injured to Ras Sidr Hospital, providing necessary medical care and monitoring their health conditions, and a report was filed to determine the causes of the accident.

Egyptian local media quoted a medical source as saying that a delegation from the embassies of Turkey and Azerbaijan arrived in South Sinai governorate to follow up on the health condition of the injured and check on the situation of their nationals receiving treatment in hospitals.

Rising accident fatalities

The accident comes at a time when Egypt is witnessing a rise in deaths and injuries resulting from road accidents. Data published last month by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics showed that the number of road accident fatalities in the country, including car and train accidents, increased by 10.8% during 2025.

The data showed that the number of road accident injuries reached 84,553 in 2025, compared to 76,362 in 2024, an increase of 10.7%.

Experts attribute road accidents in Egypt to the poor condition of some roads and vehicles, and disregard for driving rules, while officials indicate that the human factor is the primary cause of accidents, despite the notable development of the road network in recent years.