Saudi Arabia contributes to achieving the global goal of reducing deaths from road accidents by 50% by 2030
Ashraf AboArafe
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an important achievement in reducing road accident deaths in the Kingdom by (35%) during the past five years, after the number of road accident deaths decreased from (9,311) in 2016 to (6,651) in 2021, according to what was announced by the World Health Organization. Globalism.
The Saudi achievement contributes primarily to achieving the global goal of reducing deaths resulting from road accidents by (50%) by the end of the Second United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2030.
This comes within the framework of the objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, and in implementation of the directives of the wise leadership, and its continued support for the efforts of the concerned authorities in the system of the Ministerial Committee for Traffic Safety.
The Kingdom has developed a methodology for monitoring the maturity of strategic performance indicators, by setting annual targets that have a direct impact on the maturity of the indicators, to achieve the approved annual strategic indicator target for reducing deaths per 100,000 people.
The concerned authorities in the system of the Ministerial Committee for Traffic Safety and the traffic safety committees in the emirates of the regions are working to achieve a tangible reduction in serious traffic accidents by implementing engineering improvements on main and highway roads and providing them with safety requirements, and strengthening traffic control and control on all roads with modern technologies and systematic campaigns to deal with violations. Traffic, activating air ambulance services in five regions, identifying areas that need additional reinforcement, raising health capabilities to deal with traffic accident victims, and establishing medical centers specialized in dealing with such injuries.
