"The Express Tribune" said : Alarming rise in road accidents

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This means that about 20 people out of 100,000 die in road accidents in a year, making Pakistan rank 67th in the world for a higher percentage of road traffic accidents. Road accidents may have many different causes, like poor road conditions, but reckless driving is one of the major reasons. In the past 50 years, more people succum­bed to death due to road accide­ntsLAHORE: Reports of road accidents fill our newspapers almost daily. According to a 2014 report byWorld Health Organisation (WHO), 30,310 or 2.69 per cent of people in Pakistan die due to road accidents each year. Every year, huge scores of people die in road accidents.


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29% fall in road accidents

Road accidents in January, February and March 2017 were reported to be 318, 287 and 290 respectively. Also, 61 per cent of the road accidents in the sultanate in March happened in the day time, the NCSI report said. The number of Omanis injured in road accidents declined by 19.2 per cent to 516 (144 women) while the number of Omanis who died in road accidents increased by 1.9 per cent to 108 (24 women) by the end of March this year compared to the same period last year. The number of injured expatriates came down by 6.4 per cent to 175 (including 13 women) while expatriates who died in road accidents fell by 22.2 per cent to 42 (one woman). In March, the Governorate of Muscat logged the highest number of road accidents with a share of 27.6 per cent of the total mishaps in the sultanate, followed by the Governorate of South Batinah at 20.3 per cent while the governorates of Dhahirah and South Sharqiyah, each of them reporting 11.7 per cent of the total road accidents.


A four-wheel vehicle rammed into the stalled car, causing it to spin and hit its four passengers who had alighted to check the vehicle. Dr Abdul Hafez emphasised the importance of keeping a safe distance between your car and the car in front of you to avoid accidents. A stalled vehicle in the third lane of a 120km highway to Abu Dhabi caused the death of four Filipinos and injured two others on April 14. Related Links Stopping cars on road: 13 lives claimed in DubaiThe faster the car, the greater the braking distance it requires. Transport authorities and police have, on many occasions, highlighted the dangers of stopping a vehicle in the middle of the road.


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