KUWAIT

Population: 2 736 732

Income group: High
Gross national income per capita: US$ 48 900

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Lead agency

SAFER ROAD USERS

The General Directorate of Traffic,

Ministry of Interior
Yes
Yes
Yes, fully funded
No
No

Funded in national budget

National road safety strategy
Funding to implement strategy
Fatality reduction targets set
Fatality reduction target

SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY

Formal audits required for new road construction
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure
Policies to promote walking or cycling
Policies to encourage investment in public transport
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs

Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No

SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2010)
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles
Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers
Heavy trucks
Buses
Other
Vehicle standards applied
UN World forum on harmonization of vehicles standards
New car assessment programme
Vehicle regulations
Front and rear seat-belts required in all new cars
Front and rear seat-belts required all imported cars

1 570 000
686 214
5 487
20 390
26 152
831 757

Penalty/demerit point system in place

National speed limits
Local authorities can set lower limits
Maximum limit urban roads
Enforcement
National drinkdriving law
BAC limit general population
BAC limit young or novice drivers
BAC limit professional/commercial drivers
Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints
Enforcement
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol
National motorcycle helmet law
Applies to drivers and passengers
Helmet standard mandated
Enforcement
Helmet wearing rate
National seat-belt law
Applies to front and rear seat occupants
Enforcement
Seat-belt wearing rate
National child restraint law
Enforcement
National law on mobile phones while driving
Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use
Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones

Yes
Yes
No
80 km/h
0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yesd,e

Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10

Yes
Yes
No
0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Yes
No
0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

No

Yes
Yes
No

Alcohol consumption legally prohibited.

Not based on BAC.

d
e

No
No
a
Yes

No car manufacturers/assemblers.

POST-CRASH CARE

374b, 84%M, 16%F

34%c

Police records. Defined as died within 30 days of crash.

2010, Ministry of Interior.

b
c

d ata n o t ava i l a b l e

TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

Number of road traffic deaths

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY

Yes
No
112
1149%

No
Yes

500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: Central Statistical Office.

Further data on each country can be found in the statistical annex.

Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting and cleared by Ministry of Health.

DATA
Reported road traffic fatalities (2010)
Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes

Vital registration system

Emergency Room based injury surveillance system
Emergency access telephone number(s)
Seriously injured transported by ambulance
Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash
Emergency medicine training for doctors
Emergency medicine training for nurses

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