Al-Mussaybi: 14 deaths and 233 injuries in accidents in Ajman during 2015

Since the beginning of this year, the Emirate of Ajman has witnessed 31,551 minor accidents and 170 particles, resulting in 14 deaths and 233 injuries.Traffic statistics issued by the Traffic and Licensing Department of Ajman Police indicated that the percentage of serious accidents decreased from last year, and the number of deaths decreased in the same period of the current year. Colonel Ali Hamid Al-Mussaybi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police, told Al-Khaleej that the decrease in accidents and deaths is due to the efforts made by the police by organizing traffic campaigns, intensifying patrols, increasing the number of traffic censors and deploying them in all vital roads, in addition to traffic awareness programs that Organized by the police on various occasions through the media, confirming that these matters contributed greatly to raising the level of traffic awareness among the drivers of vehicles in the emirate. In detail, Colonel Ali Al-Mussaybi confirmed that since the beginning of this year there were 24730 collisions, 2821 shocks, 86 deterioration accidents and 25 run over accidents An animal and 31 fall accidents, in addition to dealing with 65 accidents involving a person, resulting in 48 serious injuries, 113 moderate injuries, and 72 minor accidents. Colonel Al-Mussaybi stated that Ajman Police is working in accordance with the strategy developed by the Ministry of Interior to reduce various traffic accidents, achieve safety for all road users, reduce deaths and injuries from accidents, and intensify road control through the deployment of patrols throughout the 24 hours to regulate traffic and control those underestimated by traffic regulations and laws For the purpose of achieving traffic safety for all road users, indicating that the police are organizing several traffic campaigns aimed at traffic control and raising the rate of traffic awareness this year. The Director of Traffic Department praised the cooperation of the Municipality and Planning Department in reducing the percentage of run over accidents, by creating a fence along the main streets where pedestrians abound, in addition to new bridges for pedestrian crossing, new traffic lights and bumps that allow safe transit and obliges drivers to reduce speed.The Director of Traffic Department revealed the formation of a working group to identify the most crowded areas and prepare traffic plans to cover these areas, in terms of the presence of traffic controllers at the entrances and exits of streets, and intensifying traffic patrols in the process of organizing traffic to ensure flow in the streets.