Egypt Bus Crash Kills 17 Workers in Ismailia (Video)
Last update: August 13, 2026
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A routine trip to work turned into a nightmare in Egypt this week, leaving villages in mourning and hospitals overwhelmed.
It is the kind of evening no family wants. Seventeen workers are dead and dozens more injured after two buses collided in Egypt's Ismailia Governorate on Tuesday, cbinews.tv reports.
The footage is heartbreaking. A convoy of ambulances is seen leaving the hospital carrying the victims' bodies, bound for burial in villages in neighbouring Sharqia Governorate. Another clip shows Ismailia Governor Nabil Hasaballah arriving at the hospital to meet medics and families, as more injured passengers are rushed in.
Egypt's Ministry of Health says 17 people were killed and 31 injured. Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said the injuries ranged from fractures and lacerations to internal bleeding. Ten people have already been discharged, but others remain in hospital, including seven in a critical condition.
Sadly, this crash is not an outlier. Egypt has been battling a road safety crisis for years.
According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, CAPMAS, road deaths had actually been falling. Fatalities dropped to 5,260 in 2024, down 10.3% from 5,861 in 2023 and a huge drop from 7,762 in 2022. But the latest bulletin for 2025 shows deaths rising again to 5,829, up 10.8% in a year. And while deaths fell in 2024, injuries actually rose to 76,362.
Why so many crashes? Experts point to a mix of speeding, overloaded minibuses and worker buses, poor lighting on desert highways, and a vehicle fleet that has grown to over 10.4 million licensed vehicles. Worker transport buses, like those involved in the Ismailia crash, are especially common on the agricultural and industrial routes between Sharqia and Ismailia in the Suez Canal region.
Cairo usually records the highest number of road deaths, while pedestrian fatalities make up the largest share nationally.
For now, though, the focus is on the families in Sharqia, facing a grim night of funerals after what should have been a normal working day.
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