19 injured in traffic accidents over the weekend in Dubai

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Nineteen people were injured in several traffic accidents in Dubai over the last few days, the Director of the General Department of Traffic Police at Dubai Police revealed.   

Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei said most traffic accidents were caused by motorists who failed to adhere to traffic laws and regulations.

He explained that the first accident occurred last Thursday on an internal road along Al Asayel Street toward Discovery Garden, when a minibus swerved and collided with a motorcycle.

"The impact bounced back the motorcycle and flipped over in the middle of the road," Al Mazrouei said.
He noted that the biker was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Brig. Al Mazrouei further explained that the second accident happened the same day at a side street in Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard area when a SUV veered off the road, hit a cement barrier and flipped over in the middle of the road. “Two women sustained minor injuries and the vehicle was also damaged.”

"Another accident happened on Friday at the Al Maktoum International Airport when a truck driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a cement barrier. Fortunately, no injuries resulted from the accident," Brig. Al Mazrouei added.

The director of Dubai Traffic Police stated that the fourth accident occurred on Saturday on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road below Al Muhaisnah Bridge, Abu Dhabi-Bound. "We received a report on an accident involving a motorcycle and several vehicles, which was caused by failing to keep a safe distance," "The crash left the motorcyclist severely injured;" he said.

Brig. Al Mazrouei further noted that a father and his son sustained severe injuries when their motorcycle flipped over in a desert area on Al Qudra Street.

"On Saturday evening, a sixth accident happened on Sheikh Zayed Road, near Al Khail Metro Station, Dubai-bound, when a minibus suddenly swerved onto the other lane and crashed into a vehicle. The impact made the bus veer off and flip over in the middle of the road. The accident left three seriously injured "Brig. Al Mazrouei continued.

Brig. Al Mazrouei said the seventh accident happened later on the same day on King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street in front of the Dubai Knowledge Park. The accident involved two motorcycles and two vehicles whose drivers neglected to keep a safe distance, resulting in three of them slightly injured and one sustaining serious injuries.

Brig. Al Mazrouei continued that in another accident, a driver was mildly injured in a two-vehicle collision on Emirates Roa- Sharjah Bound. “The motorist had failed to keep a safe distance" he revealed.

The director of Dubai Traffic Police further explained that a pile-up accident involving five vehicles on Dubai-Al Ain Road resulted in three mild to severe injuries and huge damages to the vehicles.

 "Primary investigation attributed the accident to one of the vehicle’s engines breaking down in the middle of the road," he said.

Brig. Al Mazrouei concluded that two people sustained minor to severe injuries after a three-wheeler vehicle flipped over on a sand area in an equestrian club in Al Warqa.