41% decrease in traffic accident deaths in Ajman within 9 months

His Excellency Brigadier General Khalid Muhammad Al Nuaimi, Deputy Director General of Police Operations at Ajman Police, stated that the death rate of serious traffic accidents in Ajman during the first nine months of 2020 decreased by 41%, and serious traffic accidents decreased by 49%, which contributed to achieving the strategic goal of the Ministry of Interior represented by By strengthening road security. His Excellency explained that the deaths resulting from traffic accidents decreased from 12 deaths in the first nine months of last year to 7 deaths in the same period of 2020, and he also stated that there is a decrease in the total number of minor accidents, indicating that the emirate witnessed 21,692 accidents. Simple traffic during the last period in 2020, while the same period in 2019 witnessed the occurrence of 27,654 minor traffic accidents, a decrease of 22%, in addition to a 51% decrease in crush accidents. His Excellency the Deputy Director General of Police Operations indicated a decrease in the number of traffic violations, with 34,279 violations recorded during the past 9 months, while the same period last year witnessed the registration of 50,525 violations, a decrease of 32%, while the number of traffic violations in absentia reached 100 thousand and 900 violations. In the same period last year, 145 thousand and 854 violations were recorded, a decrease of 31%, and 164 driving licenses were withdrawn, compared to the withdrawal of 408 driving licenses during the same period last year, with a decrease in the number of licenses withdrawn by 60%. His Excellency Brigadier General Khalid Al-Nuaimi affirmed that Ajman Police is keen to intensify the traffic presence, implement initiatives and traffic awareness in order to reduce the rate of accidents and enhance continuous communication with partners to cooperate in order to enhance road safety, in addition to the efforts of traffic patrols and traffic supervisors to tighten control on roads and spread safety patrols to contribute. In reducing the increase in the number of accidents and the smooth flow of traffic with the increase in population density in the emirate.