Kuwait Fatal Traffic Accidents
From Al Watan
Road accidents claim 450 lives annually
Al Watan staff
KUWAIT: Some 450 people die due to road accidents in Kuwait annually, according to recent statistics quoted by a Kuwaiti specialist. Fatal traffic accidents have alarmingly increased in Kuwait with the latest statistics suggesting that there has been an increase of 35 percent in the period from 2002 – 2005.
The information was revealed by Dr. Ghanem Sultan during a lecture he delivered at the Kuwait Geography Society where he disclosed that traffic accidents represent four percent of overall death cases in the country, making Kuwait the country with the highest rates of trafficـrelated fatalities.
Regarding the causes of traffic accidents, he pointed out that accidents generally occur due to speeding, drivers’ reluctance to wear seatbelts, recklessness, the jumping of traffic lights as well as driving under the influence of alcohol.
Expanding on human factors, he blamed accidents on the growing population, the multitude of vehicles as well as traffic congestion.
According to him, around 80,000 – 90,000 new cars ply the roads every year, adding that projects to expand road capacity reached its maximum limits in 1997.
He also attributed fatal accidents to geographical factors, including high temperatures, humidity and dust during the summer and rains during the winter season.
That’s a very high death rate. How many of those deaths are young male Kuwaitis, whose removal from the marriage pool and gene pool can have unknown consequences?
Do you think there are really 80 – 90,000 NEW cars on the roads every year? Could that be a misprint? That sounds like a very high number of new cars to me.
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90,000 vehicles is alarming number of cars, for a population of 2 million. The trend has been that people change their car every 3 years. However this will receed given the new cap applied by CBK on personal loans. The unfortunate part is that very little is done to curb the rate of accidents, furthermore Kuwaits transporation infrastructure, is not designed to support its citizens, add to this that most Kuwaiti will not be caught riding a bus. the solution is simple aplly heavy taxation on motor vehicules or apply a high registration, where people would think twice about buying.
that number sounds about right actually.
and uhh, i would have thought more cars, equals more traffic equals more jams so less room for speeding surely? 😛
I woulda thought so, Hellraiser, I didn’t even believe the statistic, but Skunk says it is right and Skunk knows a lot of economics-related things. One proposal that really bothers me that keeps popping up is . . . . limiting women drivers. That REALLY bothers me.
Skunk – you would be wrong on that last equation. it’s more like atomic theory, and the little atoms just get more squeezed together and then there are the atoms that go zooming weaving in between the other atoms . . . the space gets smaller but the AH atoms just keep weaving along, in smaller and smaller spaces.
hmmm good point, sometimes i forget where we are 😛
hmmm good point, sometimes i forget where we are 😛
LLLOOOLLL, Skunk.
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