Almost 90 per cent – 9 out of 10 – motorists in Sharjah and Dubai mentioned they usually expertise visitors congestion, in keeping with a brand new examine.
Commissioned by Al Wathba Nationwide Insurance coverage and launched by RoadSafetyUAE, the examine confirmed that 86 per cent of UAE respondents said experiencing visitors congestion with the very best values in Dubai (91 per cent) and Sharjah (90 per cent).
Round 80 per cent of respondents in UAE mentioned they witnessed extra visitors congestion this 12 months than final 12 months, with Dubai topping the record with 85 per cent.
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Site visitors within the UAE – particularly Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi – has elevated considerably over the previous few years because of an enormous enhance in inhabitants within the nation.
In accordance with worldometers.information knowledge, the UAE inhabitants has grown from 9.448 million in 2020 to 11.345 million. Equally, Dubai’s inhabitants is reaching roughly 4 million, the very best ever. This inflow of latest residents has resulted in a rise within the variety of autos on the roads.
In March 2025, the UAE’s Federal Nationwide Council (FNC) member. Dr Adnan Al Hammadi additionally raised the problem of each day gridlock between Dubai and Sharjah, highlighting issues over the psychological results of visitors congestion UAE residents expertise every day.
Muralikrishnan Raman, chief monetary officer of Al Wathba Insurance coverage, mentioned “street visitors congestion is of huge relevance to everybody within the UAE, every day.”
Thomas Edelmann, founder and managing director of RoadSafetyUAE, mentioned the target of the examine is to “present enter to the involved authorities and stakeholders to grasp the general public notion about visitors congestion, how they see the explanations for it and on which areas they might focus to enhance the state of affairs.”
Peak visitors occasions
UAE motorists said that they expertise the very best visitors congestion within the afternoon, adopted by the morning work commute and the morning college drop-offs. The record will get accomplished by weekend actions, afternoon college pick-ups and errands.
Citing the explanations, the examine discovered that the visitors congestion is dominated by too many autos on the street, all places of work begin on the identical time, all faculties begin across the identical time, and heavy dependency on personal automobiles.
Poor driving behaviour, low car occupancy, not sufficient working from dwelling, street design, lack of public transportation and lack of infrastructure for various modes of transportation have been the opposite causes cited by motorists in the course of the survey, which was performed in June.
With a view to take care of the rising visitors problem, UAE residents urged selling working from dwelling, enhancing public transportation, and increasing the street community and public bus providers.
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