Road safety gain for Oman

A slight improvement in road safety has been identified in Oman by the police, following analysis of data. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) statistics revealed that 675 people were killed in 6,279 road crashes in 2015. This was a notable reduction from the 816 deaths in 6,717 road crashes in 2014. The Muscat governorate had the highest number of road crashes in 2015 at 2,107 and 92 were killed while 1,186 were injured. The North Batinah governorate recorded the highest number of deaths and injured at 115 and 2
March 11, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
A slight improvement in road safety has been identified in Oman by the police, following analysis of data. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) statistics revealed that 675 people were killed in 6,279 road crashes in 2015. This was a notable reduction from the 816 deaths in 6,717 road crashes in 2014. The Muscat governorate had the highest number of road crashes in 2015 at 2,107 and 92 were killed while 1,186 were injured. The North Batinah governorate recorded the highest number of deaths and injured at 115 and 216 respectively from 239 crashes. Meanwhile the Musandam governorate has the least number of accidents, injuries and deaths at 48, 27 and 4 respectively.

Speeding remains as the number one cause of crashes in Oman but the number of cases has declined from 3,511 in 2014 to 3,411 in 2015. The 26-50 years age group accounts for 46% and 50% of those killed and injured in road accidents respectively. The 16-25 age group makes up for 32% and 33% of road crash fatalities and injuries respectively.

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