6.33 AM Friday, 29 March 2024
  • City Fajr Shuruq Duhr Asr Magrib Isha
  • Dubai 04:56 06:10 12:26 15:53 18:37 19:52
29 March 2024

115 die on Dubai roads in 8 months

Published
By Staff

Road accidents killed 115 people in Dubai in the first eight months of 2014 and most of the mishaps were caused by reckless driving and jumping red signals.

Police data showed 1,783 accidents also resulted in 1,385 injuries, including 135 serious cases. They also involved 449 medium and 811 light injuries.

During the same period last year, 112 people were killed  and 1,567 people were injured.

The police report showed 36 people were killed in accidents caused by sudden swerving of vehicles on the road while 22 deaths resulted from crashes caused by failure of motorists to leave enough space between other vehicles.

Jumping the red signal resulted in 85 accidents that killed six people and injured 143 while speeding caused 47 mishaps involving seven deaths and 61 injuries.