Qatar statistics for March
A total of 2,598 vehicles were caught jumping traffic lights in Qatar last month while the number of traffic violations recorded during the period was 93,919, according to figures released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) yesterday.
The third edition of the monthly statistics has put the number of road accidents in Qatar last month at 443, including 43 major mishaps that led to the death of 13 people and left another 621 injured, 58 seriously.
The report has also listed 21,465 simple “reconciliation accidents” during the period and 5,230 “reports against unknown” which apparently refer to hit-and-run cases.
Traffic violations in March include 17,966 violations detected by radars besides cases of jumping the red light.
Another 13,726 vehicles were caught for “not following the traffic signs.”
There were 484 cases in which the owners failed to renew the registration of their vehicles and 273 cases involving drivers who failed to renew their driving license.
A total of 9,812 new vehicles were registered last month including 6,392 private vehicles, 163 private motorbikes and 34 taxis. The figure also includes 358 heavy equipment.
The number of driver’s licenses issued during the month was 9,427, of which 634 were for Qataris, and 8793 for non-Qataris.
The report covers a wide range of other topics such as marriages and divorces, air traffic, vessels traffic at the Qatari ports, postal traffic, real estate transactions, the electricity and water production, imports and exports.
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Check back on February stats to compare.
no no no ... make the traffic rules strickter and deploy police to make sure that people stop the bad habits... add more points for each violation so that those who can not drive and disrespectful to others on the road dont sit at the wheel...
Please change traffic violation rules. Reduce violation payment and points. Bcoz more traffic cannot be follow proper traffic rules....
There are a load of people who are on the mobile phone while driving. People break the law when there is no policemen around. They just do what they want. if police are deployed in civil clothes near traffic signals, they will know whats happening. the MOI should cancel their licenses to teach them a lesson.