A Roya correspondent reported a fatal vehicle crash on Saturday in the Shobak District of Ma’an Governorate, resulting in the death of a citizen.

The ambulance teams transported the driver to Queen Rania Hospital in Petra, but he succumbed to his injuries shortly after.

In related news, the annual traffic accident report for 2023, issued by the Public Security Directorate, revealed that Jordan recorded 560 traffic-related deaths last year. This marks a slight decrease compared to 562 deaths in 2022 and 589 in 2021. In 2020, the number of deaths was 461, and in 2019, it was 634.

The report, obtained by Roya on Wednesday, highlighted that the average daily death rate due to traffic accidents was 1.5 in both 2023 and 2022, slightly down from 1.6 in 2021 and 1.8 in 2019. In 2020, the rate was 1.3 deaths per day.

Additionally, the death rate per 100,000 people was 4.9 in 2023, compared to 5 in 2022, 5.3 in 2021, 4.3 in 2020, and 6.1 in 2019. The number of deaths per 10,000 vehicles was 2.91 in 2023, compared to 3 in 2022, 3.3 in 2021, 2.7 in 2020, and 3.83 in 2019.

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