Death of expats rises 9% in road crashes in 2016
As many as 223 expatriates, 29 of them females, died in road accidents during the first 11 months of 2016
MUSCAT: There was a 9.3 per cent rise in the number of expatriates who lost their lives in road accidents during the first 11 months of 2016, compared with the same period last year, according to the latest update on road accidents released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
As many as 223 expatriates, 29 of them females, died in road accidents during this period.
On the other hand, the number of Omanis who lost their lives in road accidents fell by 6.7 per cent to 393, which included 62 females.
The number of Omani males who died in road accidents fell by 6 per cent to 331, compared with a 10.1 per cent drop in the number of Omani female deaths.
In contrast, the number of fatalities went up by 6 per cent to 194 among expatriate males, and by 38.1 per cent among expatriate females.
During the same period, the number of traffic injuries declined by 23.1 per cent to 2,604 from 3,388 injuries logged in the same period last year.
The number of Omanis injured in traffic accidents decreased by 24.4 per cent to 1,949, while the number of injured expatriates dipped 19 per cent to 655.
The number of Omani males injured in road accidents dropped 23.8 per cent to 1,455, while the number of Omani females injured declined 26.2 per cent to 494.
The number of injured expatriate males fell 20 per cent to 567, while the number of injured female expatriates fell 12.9 per cent to 88, as oft he end of November.
Overall, the number of road accidents, resulting in both injuries and deaths, fell by 35.6 per cent during January-November this year, compared with the same period in 2015. (ONA)