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Public Security Directorate
Jordan Traffic Institute
The Traffic Safety SituationIn the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan
Prepared by
Colonel Mahmoud .M. Al- Zu'bi
Jordan Traffic Institute Director
Contents
1. Traffic Safety situation In the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan
2. Traffic accident indicators and their results the last
five years.
3. Distribution of Traffic Accidents Fatalities by Road
User location for the last five years
4. road users fatalities in Jordan By age group in the
last five years.
5. Pedestrian fatalities in Jordan By age group in the
last five years.
6. Traffic Strategy In Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
7. Recommendations
Traffic Safety Situation In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jordan, like other countries, suffers from the problem of traffic accidents, where during the year 2017, a (150226) total traffic accidents including (10446) injuries and fatalities accidents were registered. The results from these accidents:
Fatalities• 685
sever injury
• 1495
slight injury
• 14751
cost of traffic accidents
• 308
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Traffic accident indicators and their results the last five years.
❖The increase rate of vehicles number was 5.8% for the last five years
Number of vehicles in Jordan during the last five years
Population*1000 in Jordan during the last five years
❖The population growth rate has reached 12.6% for the last five years
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Traffic accident indicators and their results the last five years.
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❖The decrease rate in number of
casualties accidents per 10,000 vehicles was (4.8%) for the last five years.
❖The decrease rate in the number of fatalities per 10,000 vehicles is 7.2% for the last five years
Number of fatalities per 10,000 vehiclesNumber of casualties accidents per 10,000 vehicles
2013 2014 2015 2016 20172013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of injuries per 10,000 vehicles
❖The decrease rate in the number of injuries per 10,000 vehicles is 4.8% for the last five years
Traffic accident indicators and their results the last five years.
❖ Jordan loses more than 0.84 million JD per day due to traffic accidents
Cost of traffic accidents
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Distribution of Traffic Accidents Fatalities by Road User location for the last five years
33.2%
33%
33.8%
Pedestrian driver passenger
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road users fatalities in Jordan By age group in the last five years.
➢The age group of 60 years and over recorded the highest number of fatalities (11.7%) of total fatalities in the last five years
road users fatalities in Jordan By age group in the last five years.
➢Percentage of children fatalities (less than 18 years) was (29.4%) of total fatalities in Jordan in the last five years.
➢Percentage of children fatalities (less than 5 years) (54%) of the total children fatalities (less than 18 years) in traffic accidents in Jordan
age group less than 18 years
54.0%24.4%
21.6 %
18اقل من الثانيتشرين-06 -176-األول كانون 11 12-170 - 5
29.4%
58.9%
11.7%
18اقل من 18-59 - 6018 +فاكثر60 59Less
than 18
➢Percentage of road users fatalities(60 years and above) was (11.7%) of total fatalities in Jordan in the last five years
Pedestrian fatalities in Jordan By age group in the last five years.
➢The age group of 60 years and above recorded the highest number of Pedestrian fatalities (34%) of total Pedestrian fatalities in the last five years
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Pedestrian fatalities in Jordan By age group for the last five years.
➢The percentage of children Pedestrian fatalities (less than 18 years) was (40.2%) of total Pedestrian fatalities .
➢The percentage of age group Pedestrian fatalities (from 6 to 11 years) was (40.5%) of total children Pedestrian fatalities .
age group for children Pedestrian fatalities less than 18 years for the last five years
39.6%
40.5%
19.8%
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25.8%
34.0%
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age group Pedestrian fatalities for the last five years
➢The percentage of age group Pedestrian fatalities (60 years and above) was (34%) of total pedestrian fatalities.
Traffic Strategy In Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Traffic Safety strategy is applied among concerned stakeholders of traffic operation in Jordan concentrating on
the main following parts:
1. Traffic Legislations
2. Education and traffic awareness
3.Traffic surveillance
4. Engineering
Traffic Strategy In Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Contribute to reducing the number of fatalities
resulting from traffic accidents
Contribute to the reduction
of traffic congestion
Contribute to community awareness
in the field of traffic security
Improving the performance and
efficiency of the staff of the traffic departments
National Goals
Protection of human and
material resources
Raising public sector
performance
Contribute to the promotion of traffic safety
1. traffic Legislations
The Convention 1968 and Geneva Convention 1949 on Road Traffic were taken into account in the preparation of Jordan legislations in accordance with the Jordanian version (Traffic Law No. 49 of 2008 and the regulations and instructions issued there under).
In year 1949 , Jordan approved on Geneva Convention and ratified on it in year 1960.
In year 1973 Jordan approved on Vienna Convention Through ratification by the League of Arab States .
The Jordanian Traffic Law and the Road Rules and Traffic Regulations
have included many legal provisions for road users (children, people with special needs and
the elderly)
The Traffic Points System has been issued for many dangerous traffic
fines
The new Jordanian Traffic
Law is in the process of issued
The driver, when approaching the
pedestrian crossing, should enables them to pass through safely and
stop the vehicle.
Children under 10 years of age should not be left inside the vehicle if the vehicle is in operation
without any companion (supervisor )
Children under the age of 10 are not
allowed to sit in the front seats in
passenger cars and Dual Purpose
Vehicles.
1. traffic Legislations
➢Construction a lot of traffic parks and we are in the process of establishing an educational center for children simulating the projects of the traffic village.
➢Conducting many seminars, conferences, workshops and awareness campaigns for all segments of society
2. Education and traffic awareness
➢ Implementing traffic awareness programs through various media.
➢ Raising Conducting many courses and seminars for teachers and supervisors in schools to train and rehabilitate them in many traffic activities.
➢ Encouraging citizens to use the public transportation
➢ Raising awareness for pedestrians to cross the road from the correct places and sensitize drivers to give the pedestrians their priority
➢ Introducing some traffic concepts educational for school curricula
➢ The introduction of a curriculum on traffic safety in one of the university and we are in the process of circulating this curriculum to many public and private universities
2. Education and traffic awareness
3. traffic surveillance ➢Expanding the use of traffic surveillance in the urban and rural road and using many intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
➢Expanding the use of traffic surveillance in the intersections
The expansion of traffic enforcement in all its forms, specifically the automatic enforcement of many roads located within the cities, especially the roads that are witnessing pedestrians.
Use of traffic control using helicopters and Drones
3. traffic surveillance
4. engineering
➢provide safety requirements for pedestrians in different area such as pedestrian paths, sidewalks and the application of traffic calming facilities in populated areas and parking for disabled person…etc
➢Establish a lot of of schools in locations far from traffic congestion and main streets.
➢ treatment many hazardous sites (black spots) on road users
RecommendationsIn order to improve the traffic environment and improve the level of traffic safety in the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the following recommendations should be implemented:
Raise coordination with partners in the traffic process.
Promote and raise the efficiency of the public transport sector.
Continue to expand automated surveillance and using intelligent transportation system (ITS).
Continue to coordination with universities, research centers and studies to carry out studies and scientific researches to
get recommendations for the traffic problems in Jordan.
Establishing traffic parks throughout Jordan, specially establishing a traffic education center for children.
Continued….Recommendations
Introducing all traffic concepts in educational curriculum and for all levels of education.
Continue to provide safety requirements for pedestrians and Continue to Work on the separation of movement between the movement of pedestrians and vehicles
Continue to promote awareness, education and training in traffic safety.
issuance The new Jordanian Traffic Law, which has been tightened, has been punishing many of the wrongful and dangerous behaviors committed by drivers and other road users
Thank You
