UAE traffic: Accident in Dubai causes tailbacks

Police urge caution near school areas

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 02 JANUARY 2018. STOCK IMAGE. Traffic flow in Dubai. (Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National) Journalist: None. Section: National.
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An accident in Dubai has created congestion on two arterial roads in the emirate with traffic building up early on Wednesday.

The accident occurred on Umm Suqueim Road leading onto the Sheikh Zayed Road exit.

Dubai Police called for motorists to be careful while exiting and entering school areas.

More tailbacks were reported in Dubai near Silicon Oasis, International City, Dubai - Al Ain Road; in Abu Dhabi on Sweihan Road after Sweihan bridge, near Zayed the first street in the Al Zahiyah area and in Sharjah on the Maliha - Kalba Road and near the National Paints factory area.