Accidents
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Major Cause Of Accidents In Kuwait Due To Smoking While Driving09 August 2015General Traffic Department (GTD) is taking a look at the possibility of enforcing the law that bans smoking inside vehicles while driving for the safety of the general public. The...Death Statistics Of 2014 - 5819 Died In Kuwait03 October 2015According to death statistics of 2014, 5,819 death cases were registered last year out of which 3,186 cases were of Kuwaiti citizens and 2,633 of expatriates. The total population...Moh Produced And Published Awareness Movie On Traffic Accidents17 November 2015The Ministry of Health (MoH) has produced and published on YouTube website a short movie to raise people awareness about the dangers of non-abidance by traffic rules. The clip...90000 Road Accidents 357 Killed20 December 2015375 citizens and expats had so far been killed in over 90,000 road accidents since the beginning of 2015, local daily reported quoting statistics from Interior Ministry. Accordi...480 Deaths Were Recorded In 20,000 Cases Of Traffic Accidents - Ministry Of Justice28 December 2015Recent statistics by the Ministry of Justice indicates 480 deaths were recorded in 20,000 cases of traffic accidents registered this year. A total of 20 cases were recorded in July...Average Of 303 Road Accidents Every Day In Kuwait Last Year11 January 2016303 accidents a day in Kuwait last year according to official Interior Ministry statistics. Figures released by the Traffic General Department revealed that 110,892 accidents...Strict Traffic Checking Rules Helps In Reducing Accidents22 March 2016The new amendment which was issued through a ministerial decree which calls for withdrawal of driving licence and gives right for the General Traffic Department to impound the vehi...Police In Ras Al Khaimah Recorded 67 Traffic Accidents In A Day02 April 2016The police in RasAl Khaimah have recorded 67 traffic accidents during a day of showers across the emirate on Friday. Brigadier Ghanem Ahmad Ghanem, Director General of the...Four Emiratis And Four Indians Died In Separate Accidents In Oman02 April 2016Four Emiratis were killed in a road accident in Oman’s Adam province on Saturday morning. The 4WD driven by Emiratis was involved in a head-to-head collision with a truck at...2,437 Died In Traffic Accidents In Five Years10 May 2016A total of 2,437 people died in traffic accidents in five years, ending 26th April 2016, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced. The MoI stated Tuesday that the number of roa...Deportation For Violators Of Environmental Law14 May 2016Environmental Police affiliated to the Public Security Sector, in coordination with Environment Public Authority, has been taking firm legal action against the violators of environ...New Strategic Traffic Project Aims To Reduce Documentation Process Of Road Accidents14 July 2016Secretary General of Supreme Council for Planning and Development Dr Khalid Mahdi revealed about a new strategic traffic project for reducing the documentation process of road acci...High Rate Of Traffic Accidents In Kuwait Tied To Fake Car Parts17 July 2016Deaths recorded in motor accidents in Kuwait reached 429 in 2015 while 461 cases were recorded in 2014. In this context, several citizens and expatriates have attributed the high r...Trucks Breaking Traffic Rules On Kuwaiti Highways08 November 2016Huge trucks have been shamelessly breaking traffic rules on Kuwaiti highways by racing and not using the lanes allocated for them, which in turn results in fatal accidents of which...Traffic Crisis Costs About Kd 2 Billion In Kuwait10 November 2016The Secretariat General of the Higher Council for Planning and Development has estimated cost of the traffic crisis in Kuwait at about KD2 billion annually. The traffic crisis cont...