Ajman Police can reduce the rate of traffic accident deaths to 18%

During the past year 2015, the Emirate of Ajman witnessed a decrease in traffic accident deaths by 18% compared to 2014, and a decrease in the percentage of death accidents that reached 62%, reaching 6 deaths in 2015, after it was 16 deaths in 2014, and it also decreased The total number of run over accidents by 1% due to the intensification of the efforts provided to reduce traffic losses in lives and money. Colonel Ali Hamid Al-Mussaybi, Director of Traffic and Patrols Department at Ajman Police, said that the number of deaths decreased to 18 deaths in 2015, While the year 2014 witnessed the death of 22 people with a decrease of 18%, and we aspire to achieve the highest rate of traffic safety for all road users and we will make every effort to further reduce the death rate during this year, as the Ministry of Interior aims within its strategy to reach the global average in numbers Traffic deaths to an average of 4 cases per one hundred thousand, and his happiness added that run-over accidents in 2015 witnessed a drop of 1%, with 102 run-over accidents in 2015, while 103 run-off accidents occurred in 2014, This is considered a positive decrease if compared to the increase in the population of the emirate, the number of cars and drivers. Colonel Ali Al-Mussaybi said that traffic statistics indicate that the total number of traffic accidents reached 41,903 accidents in 2015, while their number reached 35,673 accidents in 2014, an increase of 14%. His Excellency stated that the increase in the number of traffic accidents is due to the marked increase in development in 2015 The urbanization and modernization of the road network in the emirate, which necessitated the existence of several transfers due to the new roads, and this coincided with the increase in the number of residents and the number of cars registered, which in turn was reflected in the increase in the number of traffic accidents in general, as the number of cars registered in 2015 reached 89666 cars, an increase of 5 % For the year 2014. His Excellency said that with regard to injuries, statistics indicate that 324 injuries occurred due to traffic accidents during the year 2015, while the number of injuries was 292 injuries in 2014, with an increase of 15%. As for traffic violations, the numbers indicate a high number of traffic violations in urban areas, where 60,662 violations were recorded during In 2015, while 64,231 violations were recorded in 2014, a decrease of 3%. As for traffic violations, 52554 violations were recorded in 2015, while 43191 violations were recorded in 2014, with an increase of 9%, and the number of violations of seizure by radar increased by 9 % In 2015, And 5052 vehicles were seized in 2015, while 4,636 were seized in 2014, an increase of 9%, 292 driving licenses were withdrawn in 2015, while 315 licenses were withdrawn in 2014, a decrease of 7%. The Director of Traffic and Patrols Department asserted that there are measures that Ajman Police take to reduce the number of traffic accidents and reduce injuries and deaths resulting from them, the first of which is to spread awareness among drivers in different languages, through the media or the publications it issues to distribute to drivers, Cooperation is also taking place with a number of partners such as the educational district, where a number of specialized officers provide educational lectures for school students to instill traffic culture in them, in addition to the lectures provided to bus drivers from Emirates Transport, taxi drivers and truck drivers. Colonel Al-Mussaybi also indicated that there is a strategic partnership with the Municipality and Planning Department to make road improvements. During the past three years, a lot of improvements have been made to the roads, especially the places where traffic accidents are frequent, thanks to the efforts made by the Traffic Committee of Ajman Police. Which is chaired by His Excellency Brigadier Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police, in the presence of members of the Ajman Municipality and Planning Department, which in turn contributed to setting the appropriate plans to solve all traffic problems causing increased traffic accidents. The Director of Traffic and Patrols Department stated that reducing speeds on some vital streets in the Emirate, such as Sheikh Street, increased from 100 km to 80 km, establishing pedestrian bridges, and placing fences (barriers), As well as the correct distribution of traffic patrols, the presence of traffic watchdogs within 24 hours in the various streets of the emirate and their accurate follow-up of traffic and traffic, and the violation of non-compliant traffic rules in addition to implementing traffic campaigns to control the violators contributed greatly to enhancing security and safety and reducing mortality and run over accidents, stressing that the police Every year, some people face traffic violations and radar control for excessive speeds, but this only came because of the police’s desire to implement the law to protect all road users. His Excellency the Director of Traffic and Patrols Department added that the traffic men work according to the instructions of the police chief, regardless of the minor violations, which are sufficient to alert the offender and raise his awareness, especially if the violator is old or with special needs, and we organize a traffic campaign monthly entitled "A day without violations" More than 350 violations are exempted with the aim of delivering traffic awareness messages to all road users with multiple modern methods, and another campaign was launched in 2015 entitled "A week of violations", in which 923 violations were exempted during the campaign period.