The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that the Traffic Accident Management Unit has managed to handle more than 1,800 traffic accidents on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road since its launch in mid-September in cooperation with Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality, Traffic Department and Civil Defense Department. Which aims at rapid intervention, to remove common vehicles in minor traffic accidents, or vehicles that disrupt roads, reduce traffic congestion, and regulate traffic at extreme accident sites on the street.
The director of the Traffic and Roads Agency, Eng. Maitha bin Uday, said that the time taken by the patrols of the unit to reach the scene did not exceed 10 minutes since the receipt of the communication. The vehicles are evacuated from the road in no more than 15 minutes. There were crashes for light vehicles, and 15% were crashes for heavy vehicles.
The Traffic Accident Management Unit is divided into five locations in Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and associated intersections, such as the intersection with Elias Street, the Jebel Ali Lehabab intersection, the Dubai Police General Operations Department, Hessa Street and Tunis Street. The unit is equipped with Qatar vehicles And heavy equipment, also stationed at these sites.
Ben Idi added that the unit is not only to remove the vehicles that are idle or common in the accident, but to develop contingency plans for the application in the event traffic requires the closure of part of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and the conversion of traffic through other intersections, All the possibilities associated with the flow of traffic, and provide drivers with information and traffic advice, where it will be available all the smart capabilities of traffic management.
The study is based on international best practice. A comprehensive study of traffic accident management in Dubai was conducted by a specialist consultant and a guide to developing the mechanism for dealing with traffic events in the Emirate of Dubai. The studies showed that the number of vehicles that disrupt roads in the Emirate is estimated With a total of about 250 thousand vehicles per year, while the number of minor traffic accidents is about 200 thousand minor accidents per year. According to these data, the accident management unit will contribute to reducing the time of simple accident evacuation by 35%, reducing congestion and associated costs by 25% Secondary Accidents.
The vehicles designed for the accident management service were designed to meet the goals set for the work of the vehicle in terms of external reflective colors, which drivers can distinguish from a distance, or in terms of the vehicle contains tools used in accident sites such as lighting, cones and traffic signs, In addition to other services, the unit provides idle vehicles on the road, such as battery recharge, refueling, and help to replace damaged tires.
She explained that the project will be implemented in the first year in a pilot, and throughout the day, without imposing any fees on members of the public, and at the end of the trial period we will have sufficient information, to expand the project at the level of the emirate.
10 minutes
Director General of Transport and Rescue Department of Dubai Police, Brigadier General Dr. Mohammad Nasser Al-Razzouqi said that the main objective of the project is to respond to the Traffic Accident Report Units within 10 minutes and to respond to transport vehicles and equipment within 15 minutes. , And achieved good results in principle, as the arrival rate of accident areas, recorded within six minutes, and the arrival time of transport vehicles within a period of 14 minutes, and this was achieved through the tactical deployment of six patrols in the specified sites, In addition to 11 additional heavy equipment for support and removal Damaged and idle vehicles, able to handle any size / type of vehicle.