National Traffic Safety Committee has urged the authorities to speed up work of pedestrian bridges at several designated locations in Qatar.
The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has identified five traffic "black spots" across the country that witness more traffic accidents and urged the authorities to speed up work of pedestrian bridges at several designated locations.
The committee which held a meeting yesterday with other partners to review the 2017-2022 Traffic Safety Action plan,set a target to save the life of 800 people who could be victims of traffic accidents and prevent 2,000 severe injuries due to accidents during the next 10 years.
The "black spots" will get more attention in terms of programmes to reduce traffic accidents. They are City Center-Doha Convention Center junction, Al Khor Mall, Al Khaleej Street, Al Meena Street and Ahmed bin Ali Street.
The committee also suggested to fix the maximum speed limit at Al Markhiya Street as 80 km/h, Convention Center 50-60 (km/h), and B-Ring road 50 km/h.
The 4th Forum of Stakeholder Coordinators of the National Traffic Safety Strategy was held at Inter Continental Doha The City.
The Forum was attended by Brigadier Mohammed Al Malki, General Secretary of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Dr Kim Jraiw, Manager of the National Traffic Safety Office, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Radi Al Hajri, Director of Media and Awareness and a number of authorities concerned.
“Due to the economic growth which Qatar is witnessing in different sectors we require building a sustainable transport system meeting safety as well which can meet the county’s future needs,” Al Malki said while inaugurating the Forum.
Around 114 plans out of total 166 targets set in the current National Traffic Safety Strategy have been executed and the deadline for the remaining plans is July this year, said Al Malki.
He added that the National Traffic Safety Strategy has specified two phases, each with a five-year time frame, aimed at reducing the mortality rate from 14 per 100,000 individuals to 6 by 2022.
In the first half of the first phase, the strategy achieved more than the expected results, where it showed a decline to 7.5 in 2015, which indicates a significant progress made by the country in reducing fatal road accidents.
The next phase of the strategy (2017-2022) requires that the every institution must adopt a vision and top official must follow it.
Pro Dr Kim Jraiw said: “Qatar has adopted the United Nation goals for sustainable development 2015 – 2030 which aims to improve safety on roads and to curb traffic jams and to improve transportation."
