Two people were killed and nine others wounded in two separate road crashes in Qena and Beheira governorates late on Tuesday, state news agency MENA and Ahram Arabic reported.

One person was killed and three others were injured when a microbus struck a concrete wall on a highway in Beheira, a governorate northwest of Cairo, according to MENA.

A 46-year-old man was killed and 6 others, including a child, were wounded in a car crash near Qena governorate, some 700 km (435 miles) south of Cairo, Ahram Arabic news website reported.

The Qena accident occurred when a truck smashed into a taxi on a highway leading to the Upper Egyptian governorate.

Egypt is notorious for its poor road safety, badly maintained infrastructure, and loosely enforced traffic regulations.

Eight people died and ten were injured Friday when a truck careened off a bridge on Cairo's Ring Road and crashed into a microbus stop below.

Last month, the country's census authority reported that over 2800 people were killed in road and train crashes in Egypt in the first half of 2015.