17,500 accidents in two months
There have been as many as 17,500 road accidents during March and April this year in Qatar, according to figures released by the Traffic Department. A local Arabic daily, quoting from the department’s magazine, said that 16,895 of them were minor accidents. In the major accidents, 14 people died on the spot and 325 sustained injuries.
Source: gulf-times.com
because of some ones negligence accidents happen,Lets all pray before we leave our homes that we should reach back safely.
OMG..........!!!
We all need defensive driving courses to survive Doha road.
Good Lord, no wonder the police are too busy to do anything else!
Mandi
Driving here has made me loose my confidence about driving.....I have a phobia now :-(
That’s impressive! 61 days, we’re not talking about a decade or anything! And there are only about 1.5 million people in the whole country of Qatar!!
Based on these numbers 17500 accidents (16895 were minor ones) in March and April, 14 deaths, 325 injuries.
= 286 accidents per day
= 12 accidents per hour…there’ an accident every 5 minutes!
= 605 Major accidents (who knows what’s considered major)
= A major accident happens every 2.25 hours
= 1 person killed on the roads every 4.5 days
= 5.5 people injured per day
Thats too much
Rizk - do you drive? apart from driving ppl crazy..?
I just hate those who would slow down to 40 kmph when they see a speed radar on a road having a speed limit of 80 kmph. I mean, nobody should drive over the speed limit but to be on a safe side...one can come down to 75kmph or 70kmph. Driving at 40 or 50 kmph doesn't make any sense at all.
Yeah UKEng... That would be great then to drive around the city... :D
khattak, if they putting everone in jail, that will be a lot of people in the jail..:)
Last but not the least, the one who lowers the speed to half of the speed limit at a speed radar should be Jailed :P
They should also teach in driving schools how to drive with the flow of traffic. Mostly, the one going slower than the normal flow cause accidents. The Traffic Department should also introduce a Minimum Speed Limit on all the roads.
flor any one no requiring medical treatment is defined a minor even if the car rolls over 10 times..:)
and what is major accident? I think the stat should be cleared!
They really need more education for the drivers, especially ladies drivers and drivers of certain nationalities..:)
lol rizk ...
Would surely try to be back as earliest as possible..
But its really surprising to get this much figure in a span of two months...I hope there shldn't be nemore such cases..
more than half would be just bumps
Arien...If they see a chance, they'll happily go for it ;)
Khatak lol.. exactly ma thoughts :)
Soniya its all coz of you.
come back soon to DOHA.....:)
OMG..whats going on in DOHA??
Another Guinness???
That is one accidents every 5 minutes, too many.
605 major accidents and only 14 died...seems OK, not bad.
source.... & destination... :b
oh!!!!!!!!!!!
please drive safely and lets everyone be safe
tats a hell lot of accidents...:(
Drive Safetly Friendz !