Car
Accidents
Introduction & Information:
The United Arab Emirates is one of
the smallest counties in the world, and there are only around 9 million people
living in the UAE. Therefore, it has the highest accident record of car
accidents related to its population in the world. Studies in the World Health
Organization show that 3,000 people die every day from car accidents. According
to WHO regions in 2002 United Arab Emirates has the largest number of people who
die in car accidents. In 2002 32 people died per 35,325 in UAE, comparing with
United Kingdom where 4 people died per 35,325 in the same year. Car accidents
are the second main cause of death in the United Arab Emirates, and it is the
primary cause of death of the children in the UAE. According to the Health
Authority of Abu Dhabi 63% of the child deaths are caused by car accident. All
these numbers were going higher and higher from 2002 till 2009. Police record
shows that 5,514 people died in the past six years only from car accidents; the
average is 2 people or more per day. From 2006 till 2011 there were more than
21 million penalties recorded against the drivers.
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