E 30 road (United Arab Emirates)


E 30 is one of the main roads of the United Arab Emirates. The road connects the city of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. It is often called the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Truck Road, and is approximately parallel with E 22.

Uses

Being intended as a truck route, It mostly serves trucks and therefore has a lower speed limit of 80 km/h. However, the speed limit is not strictly enforced. 29% of the vehicles using the E 30 are lightweight vehicles, which account for 73% of the 59 accidents from 2014 to 2017.
The E 30 is the main link for trucks carrying goods from western UAE to the border of Oman, as E 30 merges to E 40 at western Al AIn, 42km from the border between the UAE and Oman.

Accidents

Accidents are relatively common on E 30, with 1,065 injuries and fatalities reported from 2009 to 2013. Accidents also tend to be more severe on E 30, with an average severity rate of 34, 21% higher than the average in UAE.
One of the most famous accidents involving the highway happened on 4 February, 2013, in which 24 workers died and 24 were injured in a collision between a bus and a train near Al Rawda Palace 35 km from Al Ain. The road was compared with a Russian roulette, a term metaphorically used to describe a very dangerous game of chance.