Kuwait Announces 9M Traffic Violations and 296 Road Deaths in 2023
Kuwait has announced more than 296 people died in road traffic accidents last year, according to official statistics.
The Ministry of Interior announced Thursday that traffic violation tickets in the country have reached some nine million and 296 people died in accidents in 2023.
In a press statement at the unified Gulf Traffic Week 2024, its director Brigadier Nawaf Al Hayan said that more than four million tickets were for exceeding the speed limit.
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He added that more than 850,000 tickets were for crossing the red light, more than 300,000 for not wearing the seatbelt, and more than 185,000 for using mobile phones while driving.
Al Hayan told state-run news agency KUNA that the unified Gulf Traffic Week 2024; under the slogan “Driving Without a Phone”, will start from March 3 to 10, reaffirming the ministry’s keenness to spread traffic awareness.
