Rabat: On this occasion, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdessamad Kayouh reported that provisional statistics show 2,922 road fatalities between January and August, marking a 23.81% increase over the same period last year. He highlighted a sharp 45.6% rise in urban areas, nearly half of which involved moped users, and a 12.95% increase in non-urban areas.
According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, addressing the alarming trend, Kayouh emphasized that road accidents, especially those involving mopeds, require practical, concrete measures across all stages, from importation and marketing to distribution. He also called for reforms to the legislative and regulatory framework to ensure that all mopeds meet national road safety standards.
The Minister also highlighted that data collected from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Customs Administration reveals a sharp rise in moped imports, especially from China, which increased from 121,674 units in 2022 to 336,970 units in 2024, with 90% of them declared as having an engine capacity of less than 50 cm³.
In this regard, Kayouh emphasized that the implementation of certain measures targeting moped users and owners-particularly the control of compliance with homologation standards using speedometers (maximum speed measuring devices)-has resulted in numerous issues for the targeted groups.
During the meeting, several key measures were proposed for the action plan, including a revision of current legal provisions, particularly Articles 111 and 157. Additionally, there was a call to ease sanctions for moped owners in violation due to technical modifications and to revise import control procedures in close coordination with the relevant authorities, all aimed at reinforcing the oversight of type-approved mopeds.
It was also proposed to create a special homologation unit at border crossing points responsible for inspecting moped compliance, such as the “Green Pass” system, in order to facilitate imports for companies that comply with homologation standards and to suspend the cylinder capacity control procedure using speedometers.