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Aim: To review the burden and risk factors for road traffic injuries in Saudi Arabia and describe recent government road safety efforts.\nMethods: We reviewed official government documents and published literature on national trends, risk factors, emergency response and injury patterns of road traffic injuries and road safety efforts by the Government of Saudi Arabia.\nResults: Between 2013 and 2023, serious road traffic accidents decreased by 46% in Saudi Arabia, fatalities by 44% and injuries by 40% as a result of stricter traffic monitoring and public awareness campaigns. In spite of this progress, the burden remains concentrated among specific population groups and regions. The key challenges include non-compliance to safety measures and non-completion of infrastructure upgrades.\nConclusion: Saudi Arabia has achieved measurable reductions in road traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities. However, achieving the Vision 2030 road safety target will require sustained enforcement, safer infrastructure, stronger road safety education, and wider use of data-driven technologies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.26719\/2026.32.7.470","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]],"date-time":"2026-08-03T15:25:50Z","timestamp":1785770750000},"page":"470-476","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Road traffic injuries and road safety efforts in Saudi Arabia"],"prefix":"10.26719","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Haytham A.","family":"Sheerah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"International Collaboration Department at the Chief Executive Office, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Population Health Deputyship, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Moath M.","family":"Aldossari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Secretariat for the Ministerial Committee of Traffic Safety, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed R.","family":"Alhayyay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Secretariat for the Ministerial Committee of Traffic Safety, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maram B.","family":"Alotaibi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"General Secretariat for the Ministerial Committee of Traffic Safety, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatimah","family":"Al-Shehri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Injury Prevention and Control Department, Healthy Environments and Communities Sector, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yasir","family":"Almuzaini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Injury Prevention and Control Department, Healthy Environments and Communities Sector, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ada","family":"Al-Qunaibet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chief Office of Public Health Intelligence, Public Health Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weam M.","family":"Banjar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Health Indicators Unit, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdulaziz H.","family":"Abdulbaqi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Health Indicators Unit, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmed","family":"Arafa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keyang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social Medicine and Behavioral Science, Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11263","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]},"container-title":["Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/applications.emro.who.int\/EMHJ\/1020-3397-2026-3207-470-476-eng.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]],"date-time":"2026-08-03T15:25:51Z","timestamp":1785770751000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/applications.emro.who.int\/EMHJ\/1020-3397-2026-3207-470-476-eng.pdf"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26719\/2026.32.7.470","relation":{},"ISSN":["1020-3397","1687-1634"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1020-3397","type":"print"},{"value":"1687-1634","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]]}}}