From the US Embassy website:

Driving hazards such as open manholes, debris, sinkholes and potholes are common. Drivers do not pay attention to traffic regulations, signals, lanes, pedestrians or other drivers. Drivers often travel at extremely high speed, and accidents are frequent and often serious. Driving in Baku should be considered extremely hazardous. Outside the city, even where roads are present, conditions are similar. Roads are often in poor repair, unlit, and lack lane markings, traffic signs, and warnings. Many rural roads are largely unpaved.

Public transportation throughout the country is overcrowded and poorly maintained. The U.S. Embassy strongly discourages use of the Baku Metro. Train travel in the Caucasus region is not secure.

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I did see an open manhole yesterday!