BAHRAIN

Population: 1 261 835

Income group: High
Gross national income per capita: US$ 15 920

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

SAFER ROAD USERS

Lead agency
General Directorate of Traffic, Ministry of Interior
Funded in national budget
No
National road safety strategy
Yes
Funding to implement strategy
Partially funded
Fatality reduction targets set
Yes (20062016)
Fatality reduction target
30%

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
No
No

SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2011)
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

462 015
432 792
7 749
11 050
10 424
0
No
No

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
c

Not based on BAC.

2010, GDT (General Directorate of Traffic).
2010, Roads Planning & Design Directorate Ministry of Works.

d
e

a
Yes

No car manufacturers/assemblers.

POST-CRASH CARE

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

75b, 83%M, 17%F

Police records and Health facility records. Defined as death caused by a road traffic crash (unlimited
time period following crash).

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

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY

Yes
No
999
10%

Yes
Yes

TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

Drivers/passengers
heavy trucks (1%)

Drivers 4-wheeled
cars and light
vehicles(32%)

Pedestrians (39%)

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2001

Passengers 4-wheeled
cars and light vehicles
(12%)
Riders motorized
2- or 3-wheelers
(1%)

Cyclists (11%)

Source:2010, General Directorate of Traffic, MOI.

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

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: General Directorate of Traffic.

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

14

Other (3%)

Deaths per 100 000 population

Drivers/passengers
buses (1%)

No
Yes
No
6080 km/h
0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10
Yesc
0.08 g/dl
0.08 g/dl
0.08 g/dl
Yes
0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10
2%d
Yes
Yes
No
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10

Yes
No
0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23% Driverse
No

Yes
Yes
No

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