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If you think the safest place for your baby is always in your arms, then you need to see what happens if your car stops suddenly at only 50 km/h (click play button and wait to load)

Speed and reckless driving cause death and horrific injury almost daily on Oman's roads and no matter how good a driver, no one is immune from the risk. Knowing this, are you doing everything in your power to protect your children? Or are you gambling with their lives by allowing them to ride unrestrained? 

Get smart, act on this advice and take the time to seat them safely, always. Or could you live with a lifetime of regret like this father : "I can no longer see the world clearly and every day is a blur of grief"

Death and injury on Oman's roads - for the first time online

Omani school childrenFrom 2000 to mid-2009 over 6500 men, women and children lost their lives in crashes on Oman's roads and 75,000 or more have been injured, some disabled for life. This is a staggering number in a population of under three million. Browse our new Crash statistics page for complete published ROP statistics from 1999. together with an overview of typical crash scenarios.

Video clips

Mother and child in child safety seat  - Doesn’t your child deserve a safe ride? - ألا يستحق طفلك ركوباً آمناً

  the award-winning Salim and Salimah campaign film watch clips here

  - Choosing and installing a child safety seat   watch here

  - What happens when you cannot be bothered?   watch here

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