21% decline in traffic accidents during the first quarter in Ajman

Traffic statistics issued by Ajman Police and Traffic Department indicate a 21% decrease in the number of serious accidents compared with last year and a decrease in the number of minor accidents by 8%. During the first quarter of this year, Ajman witnessed 8,996 minor accidents and 52 serious accidents. Four people were killed and 82 injured. In the same period last year there were 9839 minor accidents and 66 serious accidents resulting in the deaths of 4 people. Maj. Gen. Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Ajman Police Commander, revealed a decrease in the number of run-ins by 24%. He pointed out that the first quarter of this year witnessed 22 accidents, while the same period last year witnessed 29 accidents. The Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police attributed the matter to the efforts of the police through organizing traffic campaigns, intensifying traffic patrols, increasing the number of traffic censors and spreading them in all vital ways, in addition to the traffic awareness programs organized by the police on various occasions through the various media. In the process of raising the rate of traffic awareness among motorists in the emirate and led to a decrease in the incidence of serious accidents and run-ins, noting that the first quarter of this year the proportion of injuries 82 injuries. Major General Al Nuaimi affirmed that Ajman Police is working in accordance with the strategy set by the Ministry of Interior in the process of reducing traffic accidents and safety for all road users, reducing accidents deaths and injuries and intensifying road control through the spread of patrols 24 hours a day to regulate traffic and control Traffic laws and regulations for the purpose of achieving traffic safety for all road users. He pointed out that the police are organizing four traffic campaigns this year aimed at controlling traffic and increasing traffic awareness. With the strategic plan of the Ministry of the Interior, pointing out that he was booked in 1754 vehicles during the first quarter of this year, an increase in the number of reserved vehicles B479 and 37% for the same period last year. On the statistical indicators of traffic violations recorded during the first quarter of this year, he pointed out the increase in the percentage of traffic violations related to the control process through the radar device, pointing out that the current year was recorded 76 thousand violations of vehicles exceeded the speed prescribed while the same period last year was recorded 72 A violation of the speed of excess and an increase rate of 4219 violations and by 6%, while the percentage of traffic violations increased, as 25 thousand violations were recorded during the first 3 months of this year. He pointed out that the number of absentee violations recorded during the first quarter of this year amounted to 17 thousand violations, while the same period last year 11 thousand violations increased by 6847 and by 61%.