Introduction of Traffic accidents in Oman

        With the rapid growth of the population and their vehicles the traffic accidents are considered as the major problem that has spread at worldwide level. It has predicted in the several report that there is 1.2 million people who are dying on each year just because of the roads of the world. There are round about 50 million people who are suffering from nonfatal injuries. More than the 90 % of the accidents on the road are occurring in the developing countries which are referred as the low income countries as well as middle income countries. Due to the injuries of the road traffic accident the global losses are record as 518 billion US$ and the government is bearing its cost between the 3% and 1% of its gross national products.

        Due to the rapid growth in development of infrastructure, modernization and economic growth during the last four decades the remarkable development has been seen in the Oman.  This growth has been reflecting on the ownership of the car and increase of the usages of the automobile.  In 2013, the total licensing vehicles was round about the 10690 that was increase by 5.4% as compared to 2012 (Economy, 2014). Therefore this development is accompanied due to the various problems just like as the accidents.  It has been revealed by the report of the global road safety in 2013 that 30.4 deaths per 100000 people have been registered in Oman in 2010(Chan., 2013).It shows that the highest deaths are record in Oman just because of the road accidents in the state of the GCC and also recorded as the third highest in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

        It is revealed in the report of the WHO that the data which was published in the 2017, deaths due to the road accidents have been reached to 1122 which is 10.86% of the total death in Oman. The age adjusted in the death rate is roundabout to the 27.86 per 100000 of the total population of the Oman.  Oman is ranked at 47 numbers in the world due to the death in accidents.