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Accidents.
Year Year Year Year
1364. 1365. 1366. 1367.
Total number of accidents 49 143 130 146
Accidents:—
Fatal 15 5 4 3
Serious injuries 14 17 11 5
Slight injuries 78 44 53
Damage only .. 67 100
Untraced vehicles 4 1 3 2
There were 23 prosecutions as the result of accidents of which 2 were dismissed.
The yearly increase in the total number of accidents was partly due to the fact that the police
insist upon every accident being reported irrespective of whether any injury or damage has occurred.
Registrations. Year Year Year Year
1364. 1365. 1366. 1367.
Total number of vehicles registered .. 612 773 1,018 1,184
No. of vehicles exported 1 10 64 134
No. of vehicles imported 82 114 280
No. of vehicles scrapped
17 25 87
No. of taxis registered .. 149 139 108
No. of buses registered .. 124 60
No. of taxi lorries 54 48
No. of driving tests 294 330 446 385
No. of pedal cycles 205 692 437 857
Traffic offences:—
Bahrain Courts
9 53 56 69
Agency Courts 60
37 53 68
The following table shows the increase in revenue collected by the Traffic Section.
Year Year Year Year
1364- 1365- 1366. 1367.
Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.
Registration fees.. .. 28,871 33.48i 50.493 62,636
Driving examinations 1,960 1.650 2.265 2.79°
Late fees 2.523 2.909
Revenue stamps 8,515 6.794 7.044 5.939
Fines, Bahrain Court 355 6,100 2,009 5.238
Fines, Agency Court 3.791 4.922 4.455 7.599
Other fees and licenses 1,869 4.756 8,021 H.539
The early part of the year was fairly free from road accidents but there was a gradual increase
in accidents with the coining of the hot weather and a sharp increase just after Ramadhan. It is
not unlikely that during the hot part of the year and after the month of fasting the public are more
mentally sluggish than during the cold weather. A " Black spot " for accidents was the road from
the Adviserate to the Manama-Muharraq causeway, passing through the thickly populated district
of Ras Rumaan. Numerous accidents, in some cases fatal, occurred on this short stretch of road,
this was very naturally resented by the inhabitants of the quarter who expressed their feelings by
stoning several cars and attacking the drivers. The situation was remedied when the Government
erected a fence along both sides of the street with two pedestrian crossings provided with islands.
Recommendations were made to the Education Department to erect safety rails at school exits,
though upto now there is no recoid of any number of accidents having occurred in the vicinity of
schools.