Dubai Police warn motorists after dozens injured in Jebel Ali Road crash

Dubai Police stated that the fine for stopping in the middle of the road is Dhs1,000 and 6 traffic points, and a fine of Dhs500 applies for obstructing traffic.

Brigadier Issam Ibrahim Al Awar, Acting Director of the General Department of Traffic, said that stopping in the middle of the road is one of the most dangerous violations which causes severe accidents, leading to fatalities and serious injuries, emphasising the need to contact the police if a vehicle breaks down and cannot be moved, so that necessary measures can be taken, such as securing the vehicle by police patrols and taking the measures followed in these cases to protect passengers and road users.

This came following a collision between a vehicle and 3 buses on Jebel Ali Road, after a bus stopped suddenly in the middle of the road due to a technical failure, which led to the drivers of the vehicle and the two buses being unable to avoid the stopped bus, and consequently colliding with it from behind, causing the injury of 25 people with severe, moderate, and minor injuries, who were subsequently transported to the hospital for treatment.

Brigadier Al Awar said that the Command and Control Centre in the General Department of Operations received a report about the accident, and immediately experts from the Inspection Section of the Traffic Accidents Department and patrols from Jebel Ali police station rushed to the scene, to inspect and collect precise evidence to determine the causes which led to it, while traffic patrols organised traffic flow, secured the accident site, and facilitated the mission of rescue vehicles to perform their tasks and take necessary measures.

Task forces also worked on moving and transporting the damaged bus to restore traffic flow to its normal state.

In the event of a vehicle suffering a technical failure or a traffic accident and the driver being unable to move it off the road, he must take preventive measures to avoid accidents, which include using warning signals, securing himself and those with him in the first place, then placing the warning triangle behind the vehicle at a sufficient distance if possible to warn drivers coming from behind, in addition to leaving the vehicle entirely and heading off the road, then calling the police, Brigadier Al Awar added.