Traffic statistics for 2017 at the General Directorate of Ajman Police indicated a marked improvement in the results compared to 2016, which resulted in a decrease in the number of traffic accidents deaths by 5%, injuries by 35%, and accidents by 27% and simple by 8% Led to an increase of 10% in run-over accidents due to the intensification of efforts to reduce the loss of life and property.
Decrease in deaths, injuries and accidents
HE Major General Sheikh Sultan bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Ajman Police Commander, said that the efforts of the Ministry of Interior to develop methods of dealing with traffic accidents and their effects have led to a positive improvement in the results of the indicators of traffic statistics for 2017 and progress towards achieving the objective of Government Vision 2021 to reach 3% Traffic accidents deaths per 100,000 residents. Traffic statistics in the Emirate of Ajman recorded a decrease of 5% in the accident mortality index in 2017, reaching 18 deaths in 2017 compared with 19 deaths in 2016, resulting in a 4.5% Traffic deaths per 100,000 residents of the Emirate In 2017, after the indicator indicates the rate of 5.1 per hundred thousand in 2016, and the number of injuries resulting from traffic accidents, which amounted to 262 casualties in 2017 after the number of 407 injuries in 2016 decreased by 35%, this is a positive development Compared to an increase in the number of residents in the emirate, which amounted to 504 thousand and 847 people.
He pointed out that the traffic statistics showed a decrease in the number of traffic accidents in Ajman, recording 191 accidents in 2017, compared with 262 accidents in 2016 and a decrease of 27%, and the statistics recorded the occurrence of 23028 minor incidents in general 2017 compared to 25041 minor accident in 2016 decreased by 8%. He added that the decline also included accidents of runway, with 96 accidents in 2017, compared with 107 accidents in 2016, a decrease of 10%.
He said that the types of accidents that resulted in the injuries, which are 195 accidents, were led by accidents, which amounted to 96 accidents, which accounted for 49% of the total major accidents with injuries, followed by rear impact accidents and 32 accidents by 16%, and side accidents with 29 accidents 14%, and other types of accidents of deterioration and then the impact of shock, followed by shock during the rotation and then hit a fixed body on the road and bumped a fixed object off the road, and vertical impact, and the number of traffic accidents by 19% in 2017.
Neglect and lack of attention at the top of the causes of accidents and drivers between the ages of 31 to 45 at the top of the perpetrators
Suad added that neglect and lack of attention are the cause of accidents resulting in injuries. In 2017 there were 97 accidents due to negligence and lack of attention, followed by a sudden deviation that led to 24 accidents, and not leaving enough distance and causing the occurrence of 21 Accident, and entering the road before making sure it was free resulted in 12 eloquent incidents, followed by failure to estimate the users of the road that caused 10 accidents, followed by non-compliance with the traffic line and caused the occurrence of 6 incidents, and then not make way and cause 5 incidents, And back without attention which led to the occurrence of 4 incidents each, followed by Sir B. Reversed the trend and driving under the influence of alcohol and anesthesia and led to the occurrence of two accidents each, and ends the reasons to bypass in a place prohibited and bypass the red signal and caused one incident each.
He pointed out that the age group between 31 and 45 was the most responsible for these incidents, causing 85 accidents, or 43% of the total traffic accidents with injuries, And the nationalities of those responsible for these incidents were issued by drivers of Asian nationalities by committing 100 accidents with 51% of the total accidents. With injuries, then the driver N of Arab nationality committed 44 accident by 22% of injury accidents, then the Gulf of committing 24 sexual accident by 12%, followed by African nationalities and then European.
Comprehensive plans, initiatives and road control
His Excellency Major General Sheikh Sultan Bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi explained that the improvement of traffic safety levels in the Emirate is due to the implementation of comprehensive plans for traffic safety and the development of methods of dealing with accidents and violators and control of roads to reduce the causes of traffic accidents and resulting loss of life and property. He added that 2017 witnessed many projects that contributed to support the progress in the level of traffic to the Emirate, including the launch of the smart patrol equipped to accelerate the g • Responding to traffic accidents by providing them with radio broadcasting to the vehicles surrounding the patrol to alert the need to make way in the event of extreme accidents, in addition to smart services provided in the smart application for the immediate reporting of accidents and reporting traffic violations, and the launch of civil traffic patrols in the control Violators and road control.
In addition to the interest in providing awareness in different languages by targeting the different segments of the society in the public and private sectors, and preparing awareness programs to communicate with the Asian and Arab media to expand the dissemination and education of violations committed and the causes of traffic accidents and resulting deaths and serious injuries.
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