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The statistics showed that 59 per cent of the road accidents registered in March occurred at evening. The quantity of fatalities in road site visitors accidents stood at 155 of which 94 have been Omanis (85 males) and 61 expatriates (55 males).
In addition, 684 folks have been injured (466 Omanis and 218 expats). There has been a a single per cent decline in the quantity of injuries in the course of the exact same period, from 691 to 684. While there has been a dip (9.7 per cent) in the quantity of Omanis getting injured, there has been a 24.six per cent rise in the quantity of expatriates getting injured.
A majority of the road accidents (224) occurred in February although 194 accidents occurred in January and 179 took location in March. In March, Muscat accounted for 25.1 per cent of the total quantity of road accidents followed by South Batinah (13.eight per cent), Dhofar (12.eight per cent) and North Batinah (11.7 per cent).
The rest of the governorates registered 37 per cent. There was a 18.9 per cent decline in the quantity of automobiles registered in the sultanate till the finish of March this year. The total quantity of automobiles registered in the course of the period stood at 15,283 in 2018 compared to 18,851 in 2017. There was a 22.eight per cent decline in the quantity of private automobiles registered at 10,618 compared to final year. The quantity of industrial automobiles registered also saw a drop of 9.four per cent to three,259 from three,596 final year. Rental automobiles registered a decline of 3 per cent.
The quantity of taxis registered a decline of 38.four per cent at 61 in 2018 from 99 final year, and the quantity of motorbikes registered a decline of four.7 per cent 15 diplomatic automobiles have been registered this year and in 2017 as nicely.
The quantity of tractors registered a decline of 28.six per cent. The quantity of driving college automobiles registered declined 12.two per cent. The information also shows that there have been 1,453,782 automobiles on the sultanate’s roads by the finish of March 2018.
Information Source: Muscat Daily
