A Doha Criminal Court has ordered a motorist, who caused the death of two persons and injured 23 others, to pay in collaboration with the insurance companies concerned a blood money of QR400,000.
Traffic fatalities in Qatar have dropped to 105 up to July this year, down nearly 30% compared with the same period in 2015, data released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) show.
Some 110 abandoned vehicles, equipment and boats were removed by Al Wakrah Municipality and 24 by their owners in August.
Comprehensive insurance policy for vehicles belonging to motorists who have caused accidents or violated traffic laws will be costlier in Qatar, a move that the Qatar Central Bank said would lead to safer roads in the country.
A crackdown on traffic offenders in the holy month of Ramadan has led to the seizure of 1,760 vehicles for various violations, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said.
Dubai police have seized 81 vehicles for alleged "reckless driving", the authorities said, in a crackdown on street racing among youths in the Gulf emirate.
The number of vehicles registered in Qatar in January fell 15% month-on-month to 8,767, the Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics has said in a report.
Despite forecasts of rain, motorists have taken advantage of sunny skies the past couple of days to clean their cars, bringing brisk business to car wash stations in Doha.
