Releasing its annual statistics on casualties from traffic accidents, the Ministry of Justice said a total of 263 people were killed on Kuwait roads during 2018, a spike of 4 percent from the figures in 2017.
Ahmadi governorate topped the list with 86 deaths reported while Capital governorate had the least number of deaths at 13.
Other highlights from the annual statistics include:
Traffic courts in the country reviewed 4,584 cases of traffic complaints, with Ahmadi governorate, once again in the lead with 1,355 cases, while only 202 cases were attributed to the Capital area, making it the lowest.
While traffic courts in the six provinces received 17,271 cases in 2017, the numbers were fewer last year with the courts having to deal with only 11,697 cases.
Statistics on verdicts by the traffic courts show that 300 motorists were imprisoned for violations, 263 licenses were withdrawn and KD488,778 was collected in fines during the same period. The records also revealed that the most number of traffic cases last year was in the month of December, which saw a total of 1,573 cases registered, while the lowest was in January with just 20 cases.
