Manama tops Bahrain's accident chart, Hidd ranked safest

TDT | Manama                                                      

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Manama topped the list for the highest number of road accidents last year, while Hidd ranked the lowest, according to official statistics released by the Bahrain General Directorate of Traffic.

The statistics revealed that Manama witnessed a total of 188 road accidents, including 87 accidents resulting in severe injuries, 89 accidents causing minor injuries, and 12 accidents that tragically led to fatalities.

On the other hand, the region with the lowest number of road accidents in 2023 was Hidd, which recorded 34 road accidents, including 16 accidents resulting in severe injuries, 16 accidents causing minor injuries, and two fatal accidents.

The statistics divide the areas where road accidents occurred into 11 regions, namely Manama, Muharraq, Northern, Central, Western, Hamad Town, Hidd, Riffa, Isa Town, Jidhafs, and Sitra.

The data shows that 439 road accidents were classified as causing severe injuries, while 347 accidents were categorized as causing minor injuries.

The total number of fatal road accidents reached 63. The statistics further revealed that both Manama and Riffa recorded 12 fatal road accidents each, followed by Sitra with eight road accidents and Jidhafs with seven road accidents.

As for the regions with the least number of fatal accidents, the Northern region ranked first with only one recorded fatality, followed by Hidd with two fatal accidents and Hamad Town with four road accidents.

Manama topped the list for severe road accidents in 2023 with 89 incidents, followed by Riffa with 80 severe road accidents, and Muharraq with 44 road accidents.

Severe injuries

Regarding regions with the lowest number of road accidents resulting in severe injuries, Hidd recorded 16 road accidents, while Isa Town and Hamad Town had 24 road accidents each.

The Western region had 26 road accidents.

In terms of road accidents causing minor injuries, Manama ranked first with 87 accidents, followed by Riffa with 41 accidents, and the Central region with 37 accidents.

Additionally, Hidd claimed the top spot for regions with the least number of road accidents causing minor injuries, with 16 recorded accidents, followed by Sitra with 18 accidents and Hamad Town with 20 accidents.