Newly manufactured cars parked in a lot. AFP
According to CAPMAS’s latest bulletin, issued on Wednesday, Cairo topped all governorates with 2.7 million registered vehicles, accounting for 25.9 percent of the total. It was followed by Giza with 1.5 million vehicles (14.2 percent) and Alexandria with 745,600 vehicles (7.2 percent).
South Sinai recorded the lowest figure, with only 44,600 vehicles, representing 0.4 percent of the national total.
Private cars dominated the overall vehicle count, totalling 5.7 million or 55.1 percent of all licensed vehicles. Of these, 5.4 million were privately owned passenger cars (malaky), comprising 94.5 percent of licensed cars.
Taxis accounted for 299,800 vehicles (5.2 percent), while temporary licensed vehicles were the least common at 189 units.
The number of licensed buses stood at 174,600, or 1.7 percent of all vehicles. Private buses led the category with 72,800 units (41.7 percent), while public buses were the fewest at 12,900 (7.4 percent).
Licensed transport vehicles and trailers totalled 1.3 million, representing 12.5 percent of the total fleet. Of these, 1.2 million were transport trucks (92.4 percent), and 99,000 were trailers (7.6 percent).
Earlier in May, CAPMAS announced that road accident fatalities dropped from 5,861 in 2023 to 5,260 in 2024—a 10.3 percent decrease.
However, road traffic injuries increased to 76,362 in 2024, up from 71,016 in 2023—a 7.5 percent increase.
According to CAPMAS’s annual report on accidents, the highest fatality rate was among pedestrians (2,125), while the lowest was among passengers (1,174).
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