Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP) said the number of traffic accidents reported in the country witnessed a significant decrease during the period 2012 and 2020.
ROP said that the number of accident-related deaths dropped 67% percent to 371 in 2020 from 1, 139 in 2012.
ROP said the injuries recorded due to accidents dropped 70% to 1,365 from 1,341 accidents in 2020 from 4,514 (from 8,209 accidents) in 2012. There was a drop of 84% in the number of accidents during the same period.
ROP said the number of vehicles registered increased by 58% and the number of licenses issued increased by 65% during the same period.
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