Qatar recorded a remarkable drop in road traffic accidents in 2020 with a sharp decrease of 28.3%. Cases went down to 155,812 in 2020 from 217,353 in 2019. This was highlighted during the press conference by the General Directorate of Traffic on Wednesday.
Colonel Mohamed Radi al-Hajri, director of the Awareness and Information Department at the General Directorate of Traffic, said this was achieved by implementing a speech of projects and intensified campaigns including awareness programmes and checks.
“Roads are being developed and several infrastructure projects are being implemented. These have direct impact on the achievement," al-Hajri noted while thanking the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) for their contributions to develop roads and infrastructure.
Al-Hajiri said the Covid-19 pandemic also played a crucial role in decreasing the cases adding that the authorities are looking to further bring down the number.
A total of 126 deaths were reported with a decrease of 0.1% while severe injuries were recorded in 540 cases with a drop of 0.30%. In 5094 accident cases, minor injuries were reported while no injury was recorded in 150,052 cases.
The General Directorate of Traffic recorded a total of 1,574,812 violations in 2020 with a decline of 20.1% while the number of violations stood at 1,969,896 in 2019.
