The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Dubai Police Normal Headquarters have reported document enhancements in visitors circulate and highway security following the growth of truck-movement restrictions on Emirates Highway.
Carried out on January 1, 2025, the measures have been designed to scale back peak-hour congestion and improve security ranges throughout key corridors.
The outcomes present sharp reductions in incidents, greater compliance amongst truck operators and vital will increase in common automobile speeds.
Dubai visitors incidents fall
RTA confirmed that limiting truck motion on Emirates Highway — particularly the part between Al Awir Highway and the Emirate of Sharjah throughout night peak hours from 5.30 pm to 8pm — has delivered measurable security positive factors.
The variety of visitors incidents dropped to 37 circumstances in 2025, in contrast with 75 circumstances in 2024.
Compliance with truck-movement hours additionally elevated:
- 7.7 per cent enchancment on Emirates Highway
- 5 per cent enchancment on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Highway
(June 2025 in contrast with November 2024)
Common automobile speeds rose by:
- 26 kmph on Emirates Highway
- 19 kmph on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Highway
RTA mentioned the outcomes point out smoother visitors circulate, lowered journey instances and a noticeable effectivity enchancment throughout essential peak durations.
97% drop in permits issued in restricted hours
RTA reported a 97 per cent lower within the variety of visitors permits issued throughout restriction hours throughout each roads.
The authority mentioned the decline displays stronger adherence to allow standards and higher distribution of truck actions throughout different routes.
Hussain Al Banna, CEO of Site visitors and Roads Company at RTA, mentioned: “Implementing the restriction varieties a part of the technique to develop truck-movement limits to scale back peak-hour congestion, enhance road-safety ranges, and improve visitors circulate throughout Dubai’s highway community.
“The choice was taken in coordination with our strategic companions at Dubai Police Normal Headquarters, the Division of Financial system and Tourism, DP World, and Dubai Airports,” mentioned
Al Banna mentioned the choice was based mostly on engineering and technical research masking:
- Automobile density
- Site visitors volumes
- Incident statistics
- City improvement patterns
- Capability of other logistics routes
He added that RTA is working with Dubai Police and different entities to boost consciousness amongst heavy-vehicle drivers, putting in steering indicators and operating multilingual campaigns throughout media and social platforms.
Dubai Police restrictions
Main Normal Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operations Affairs at Dubai Police, mentioned the night truck restriction adopted an in-depth research of engineering and technical standards to steadiness security necessities and transport wants.
He mentioned the first goal is to scale back incidents arising from overlapping between vehicles and lightweight automobiles whereas easing congestion on important corridors.
He mentioned: “The choice has contributed to bettering road-safety ranges and decreasing truck-related incident charges throughout peak hours. It has additionally enhanced visitors circulate and eased bottlenecks on key roads equivalent to Emirates Highway, whereas supporting environmental sustainability by decreasing congestion-related gasoline consumption and pollutant emissions,” he mentioned.
Main Normal Al Mazrouei added that the initiative represents a proactive step towards a safer and extra environment friendly visitors atmosphere and that success depends upon the collective dedication of truck drivers, firms and stakeholders.
