Road Accident
With the highest rate of road accidents and fatalities
in the region, the Kingdom has among the world’s most dangerous roads.
Statistics from the General Directorate of Traffic
show that the Kingdom has 23 deaths per 100,000 people, with on average 19.1
road fatalities occurring daily.
According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.24 million deaths worldwide in the year 2010, slightly down from 1.26 million in 2000. That is one person is killed every 25 seconds. Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (7% of the world’s population), have adequate laws that address all five risk factors (speed, drink–driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints). Over a third of road traffic deaths in low- and middle-income countries are among pedestrians and cyclists. However, less than 35% of low- and middle-income countries have policies in place to protect these road users.
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