Driving Statistics - Challenge to Change
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 3000 people die on the world’s roads every day and several million are injured or disabled each year. 124 people are dying every hour and hundreds are becoming severely disabled and injured. In addition, road accidents cost about $ 600 billion to governments in different economies, a figure that is equivalent to the combined GDP of almost all the developing countries in the world.
The Middle East and North Africa regions have above average road accident rates.
United Arab Emirates Accidents
According to WHO, residents of UAE are 7 times more likely to die in car accident compared to those in UK. Road accidents are the second major cause of deaths in UAE and deaths due to accidents have been increasing every year (with exception of 2009 when deaths decreased by 10%).
It is also sad to note that road accidents are primary cause of deaths of children in UAE (63% of children deaths are due to accidents), 90 percent of children are unrestrained and many die to injuries suffered during the accident. Abu Dhabi is the largest city of the UAE and has population of about two million.
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