"khaleejtimes" : Nine die in Abu Dhabi road accidents in one week

Nine persons died and nine others sustained serious injuries in road accidents in Abu Dhabi during the past week. Nine die in Abu Dhabi road accidents in one weekIn one of the accidents, four Filipino expatriates, including three men and a woman, were killed in a car crash on Good Friday. The Traffic Police said last week that deaths on Abu Dhabi roads decreased by 22 per cent during the first three months of 2017. The Abu Dhabi Traffic Police said deaths and injuries happened in 32 major crashes that occurred between April 13 and 19 on various roads in the emirate. Brigadier Ali Khalfan Al Dhaheri, Director General of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police said: "The force was witnessing a steady decrease in the number of fatalities on Abu Dhabi roads despite an increase in the number of cars and new drivers on roads."


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16,000 people killed in 2016 road accidents

Road accidents killed 16,000 people and left 60,000 injured in 2016, the head of the Egyptian Society for Road Accidents Victims Care Samy Mokhtar said. He revealed that governorates of Upper Egypt have the highest rates of road accidents, followed by the governorates of Lower Egypt, especially Alexandria governorate. During the launch of the campaign "Women's Role in the Consolidation of the Principles of Road Safety", in cooperation with the Higher Institute of Public Health at Alexandria University, on Thursday, Mokhtar said that 80 percent of accidents were caused by humans due to reckless driving and errors by pedestrians. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

21 people injured in road accidents during past day in Bulgaria

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