468 people died and 5,130 injured in 3,712 traffic accidents occurred at the state level last year, down by 13.8% over 2017.
In a press statement, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police Operations, Head of the Federal Traffic Council, General Engineer Mohammed Saif Al-Zafin, said that the death rate in traffic accidents per 100,000 population in the country dropped from 4.52 in 2017 to 3.83 in 2018. The number of deaths was 468 deaths last year, compared to 543 in 2017, a decrease of 75 deaths, and by 13.8% nationwide.
Zafin said that the statistics issued by the General Directorate of Traffic Coordination in the Ministry of the Interior indicate that the number of traffic accidents that occurred at the level of the state last year reached 3712 traffic accidents, compared with 4103 incidents in 2017, recording a decrease of 391 accidents, a decrease of 9.5% The state.
He pointed out that the number of traffic accidents registered last year, amounted to 5130 injuries, compared with 58861 in 2017, recording a decrease of 731 injuries decreased by 12.5%.
He added that the decrease in traffic accidents, deaths and injuries resulting from them is due to the effectiveness of procedures implemented by the Ministry of the Interior and the efforts of the police, directorates and traffic departments to improve traffic safety through the Ministry's strategy to control road safety and create a safe traffic environment that complies with international standards. In this area.
He called on motorists and road users to abide by the rules and regulations of traffic and traffic, so as to avoid themselves and others, the risk of traffic accidents, resulting in injuries and loss of life and property and to maintain their safety and the safety of others.
The Ministry of the Interior, represented by the Federal Traffic Council and the General Directorate of Traffic Coordination in the Ministry, launched the first unified traffic campaign this year under the slogan "Do not get busy without the road", in order to enhance traffic safety in the country and to educate the community members about the negative and erroneous behavior of some drivers On the leadership with caution and the risks resulting from it, as caused by the bodies concerned in accidents resulting in deaths and injuries and losses. The campaign comes in four quarterly traffic campaigns organized by the ministry based on studies based on annual statistics.