Drink and Drive to Die
Indians top drink-driving offenders’ list in Dubai,
Indians topped the list of offenders by logging 38.68 per cent.
UAE nationals were the next in the list with a share of 13.6 per cent that saw one death and four injuries.
Filipinos were the third with 10.5 per cent of drink driving accidents with four crash-ups that lead to five people getting injured.
Pakistanis came next with the same share of 10.5 per cent causing four accidents and injuries. They were followed by Iranians who caused 7.8 per cent of the accidents resulting in three injuries.
Egyptians and Palestinians cased 3.6 per cent each of the road accidents due to drink driving.
However, the number of accidents caused by drivers who were inebriated climbed down to 38 compared with 55 last year. Most of these accidents occurred during night times
