Guardian AI logo

Road risk map · UAE

Where the UAE crashes.

Eight years of police reports, mapped in 3D and turned into warnings that reach drivers before the stretch that goes wrong.

Get the warningsExplore the map ↓
  • Crash heat: 155,637 police crash reports, last 3 years
  • Pillars: accident-prone zones the app warns about
Phone navigation: Make a left U-turn, if permitted. Crash-prone stretch ahead. Stay alert.CarPlay: accident-prone area in 1.1 km, slow down

Dubai crash risk on a live 3D map

01 · Ground truth

Every crash Dubai reported, on one map.

Eight years of Dubai Police reports, cleaned and placed on the road they happened on. The brighter the street, the more often it goes wrong.

751,323police reports analysed

02 · Signal, not noise

Where it keeps happening.

We back-test every zone on years the model never saw. What survives ships to the car: a warning about a kilometre before the stretch.

297accident-prone zones, back-tested

03 · The whole country

From Dubai to Abu Dhabi.

Zones across three emirates and every mapped speed camera on the network, delivered lane by lane on the phone and on CarPlay.

1,247speed cameras mapped

04 · Next

Then MENAP.

Live in the UAE and Pakistan. The same platform extends across the GCC, the Levant and North Africa.

2markets live today

The data behind the warnings

751,323police reports analysed.

Dubai, 2018 to 2026. Cleaned and placed on the road each one happened on.

accident-prone zonesBack-tested, rolling out in the app
297
speed cameras mappedAcross the UAE
1,247
enforcement zonesLahore and Karachi
3,215
places mappedUAE and Pakistan
376,109

What the data says

Risk has a place and a time.

  • 3.7×

    more crash reports a year near the roads we flag than near a random road.

  • 2.4×

    better at finding real hot spots than rule-based zones, with 50× fewer alerts.

  • 22.2%

    of night crashes are serious, against 16.5% by day.

When Dubai crashes

Wednesday 15:00Busiest hour · 1,679 crash reports

Crash reports by weekday and hour, last 3 years

MonMonday 00:00: 588Monday 01:00: 401Monday 02:00: 301Monday 03:00: 285Monday 04:00: 245Monday 05:00: 284Monday 06:00: 354Monday 07:00: 651Monday 08:00: 1,019Monday 09:00: 1,101Monday 10:00: 1,226Monday 11:00: 1,364Monday 12:00: 1,499Monday 13:00: 1,569Monday 14:00: 1,617Monday 15:00: 1,611Monday 16:00: 1,567Monday 17:00: 1,425Monday 18:00: 1,475Monday 19:00: 1,346Monday 20:00: 1,172Monday 21:00: 1,075Monday 22:00: 939Monday 23:00: 630TueTuesday 00:00: 549Tuesday 01:00: 433Tuesday 02:00: 370Tuesday 03:00: 265Tuesday 04:00: 321Tuesday 05:00: 295Tuesday 06:00: 445Tuesday 07:00: 653Tuesday 08:00: 962Tuesday 09:00: 1,136Tuesday 10:00: 1,219Tuesday 11:00: 1,331Tuesday 12:00: 1,448Tuesday 13:00: 1,567Tuesday 14:00: 1,588Tuesday 15:00: 1,547Tuesday 16:00: 1,573Tuesday 17:00: 1,535Tuesday 18:00: 1,401Tuesday 19:00: 1,280Tuesday 20:00: 1,230Tuesday 21:00: 1,068Tuesday 22:00: 898Tuesday 23:00: 635WedWednesday 00:00: 529Wednesday 01:00: 387Wednesday 02:00: 344Wednesday 03:00: 276Wednesday 04:00: 297Wednesday 05:00: 301Wednesday 06:00: 383Wednesday 07:00: 635Wednesday 08:00: 989Wednesday 09:00: 1,199Wednesday 10:00: 1,194Wednesday 11:00: 1,405Wednesday 12:00: 1,463Wednesday 13:00: 1,532Wednesday 14:00: 1,541Wednesday 15:00: 1,679Wednesday 16:00: 1,576Wednesday 17:00: 1,485Wednesday 18:00: 1,409Wednesday 19:00: 1,262Wednesday 20:00: 1,269Wednesday 21:00: 1,137Wednesday 22:00: 931Wednesday 23:00: 643ThuThursday 00:00: 597Thursday 01:00: 442Thursday 02:00: 396Thursday 03:00: 328Thursday 04:00: 331Thursday 05:00: 324Thursday 06:00: 450Thursday 07:00: 683Thursday 08:00: 970Thursday 09:00: 1,086Thursday 10:00: 1,229Thursday 11:00: 1,351Thursday 12:00: 1,434Thursday 13:00: 1,502Thursday 14:00: 1,514Thursday 15:00: 1,489Thursday 16:00: 1,555Thursday 17:00: 1,513Thursday 18:00: 1,425Thursday 19:00: 1,248Thursday 20:00: 1,292Thursday 21:00: 1,130Thursday 22:00: 963Thursday 23:00: 663FriFriday 00:00: 630Friday 01:00: 527Friday 02:00: 393Friday 03:00: 332Friday 04:00: 335Friday 05:00: 353Friday 06:00: 399Friday 07:00: 595Friday 08:00: 842Friday 09:00: 1,096Friday 10:00: 1,153Friday 11:00: 1,291Friday 12:00: 1,391Friday 13:00: 1,363Friday 14:00: 1,534Friday 15:00: 1,443Friday 16:00: 1,472Friday 17:00: 1,402Friday 18:00: 1,292Friday 19:00: 1,308Friday 20:00: 1,188Friday 21:00: 1,151Friday 22:00: 1,037Friday 23:00: 733SatSaturday 00:00: 793Saturday 01:00: 633Saturday 02:00: 523Saturday 03:00: 446Saturday 04:00: 461Saturday 05:00: 409Saturday 06:00: 360Saturday 07:00: 512Saturday 08:00: 627Saturday 09:00: 828Saturday 10:00: 1,014Saturday 11:00: 1,200Saturday 12:00: 1,347Saturday 13:00: 1,476Saturday 14:00: 1,504Saturday 15:00: 1,447Saturday 16:00: 1,528Saturday 17:00: 1,357Saturday 18:00: 1,374Saturday 19:00: 1,262Saturday 20:00: 1,261Saturday 21:00: 1,228Saturday 22:00: 1,092Saturday 23:00: 785SunSunday 00:00: 902Sunday 01:00: 703Sunday 02:00: 571Sunday 03:00: 481Sunday 04:00: 538Sunday 05:00: 446Sunday 06:00: 388Sunday 07:00: 394Sunday 08:00: 488Sunday 09:00: 605Sunday 10:00: 823Sunday 11:00: 904Sunday 12:00: 1,031Sunday 13:00: 1,165Sunday 14:00: 1,215Sunday 15:00: 1,218Sunday 16:00: 1,160Sunday 17:00: 1,214Sunday 18:00: 1,162Sunday 19:00: 1,120Sunday 20:00: 1,065Sunday 21:00: 1,031Sunday 22:00: 948Sunday 23:00: 63500:0006:0012:0018:0023:00
2451,679 reports per hour slot
Table view
Day01234567891011121314151617181920212223
Mon58840130128524528435465110191101122613641499156916171611156714251475134611721075939630
Tue5494333702653212954456539621136121913311448156715881547157315351401128012301068898635
Wed5293873442762973013836359891199119414051463153215411679157614851409126212691137931643
Thu5974423963283313244506839701086122913511434150215141489155515131425124812921130963663
Fri63052739333233535339959584210961153129113911363153414431472140212921308118811511037733
Sat7936335234464614093605126278281014120013471476150414471528135713741262126112281092785
Sun9027035714815384463883944886058239041031116512151218116012141162112010651031948635

Community layer · rolling out

Drivers report the road. Drivers confirm it.

On top of the police data, drivers add what is happening now. Every pin is merged, voted on and expires on its own, so the map stays live.

  1. 01

    Report

    A driver flags a crash, hazard, closure, camera or wrong limit in a tap.

  2. 02

    Merge

    Reports of the same kind within 120 m become one pin.

  3. 03

    Confirm

    Drivers nearby confirm or deny. Confirmed pins stay; denied ones drop.

  4. 04

    Expire

    Each pin lives as long as its kind: an hour for traffic, a month for a camera.

8 report types · rolling out in the app.

FAQ

Road risk in the UAE, answered.

Which roads in Dubai have the most crash hot spots?

In the last three years of Dubai Police crash reports, the roads with the most 150-metre crash clusters are Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Khail Road, Al Wasl Road, Jumeira Street and Hessa Street. Busy roads naturally see more reports, so Guardian AI compares each stretch with roads of the same class before it warns about it.

When do most crashes happen in Dubai?

On weekday afternoons. Over the last three years the busiest hour in Dubai Police crash reports is Wednesday at 15:00, and the quietest hours are before dawn. Night crashes are more often serious: 22.2% of crash reports between 22:00 and 04:00 are labelled serious, against 16.5% by day.

How many road accidents are reported in Dubai each year?

Dubai Police received 59,053 crash reports in 2025, about 162 a day. Guardian AI has analysed 751,323 Dubai Police incident reports from August 2018 to October 2026, of which 432,761 are crashes.

Do accident hot spots in Dubai stay in the same places?

Yes. Crash density on held-out reports from 2025 and 2026 matches the 2018 to 2024 pattern almost exactly (a rank correlation of 0.96), which is why warnings based on past reports work for the roads drivers use today.

What is the main cause of injury accidents in Abu Dhabi?

Distraction. It caused 34.4% of injury accidents in Abu Dhabi from 2022 to 2025, ahead of failing to give way (11.4%) and running a red light (10.7%), according to Abu Dhabi Police open data. 2,656 people were injured on Abu Dhabi roads in 2025.

How many speed cameras are there in the UAE?

Guardian AI maps 1,247 fixed speed and red-light cameras across the UAE from OpenStreetMap: 558 in Abu Dhabi, 448 in Dubai and about 241 in the northern emirates and Hatta. It is a community-mapped layer, not an official list.

How does Guardian AI warn drivers about accident-prone areas?

During navigation, on the phone and on CarPlay, Guardian AI warns about a kilometre before an accident-prone stretch. Its 297 zones (220 in Dubai, 53 in Abu Dhabi and about 24 in Sharjah) are back-tested: they see 19.8 held-out crash reports a year within 150 metres, against 5.4 on a random road. The new zones are rolling out in the app.

Where does the road-risk data come from?

Dubai Police traffic incidents (Dubai Pulse open data), Abu Dhabi Police traffic-accident reports (Abu Dhabi Government Open Data Licence) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by Guardian AI. The figures describe reported incidents, not a statement that a place is dangerous.

Free on iPhone and Android

Get the warning before the stretch.

Guardian AI warns you about accident-prone stretches during navigation, on your phone and on CarPlay. Free.

Download free
Guardian AI on CarPlay in 3D Downtown Dubai: lane guidance toward Burj Khalifa and a high-risk area warning 1.1 km ahead
Phone navigation in Downtown Dubai: a U-turn card and Crash-prone stretch ahead. Stay alert.

Based on Dubai open data: Dubai Police traffic incidents (dp_traffic_incidents-open), published on Dubai Pulse / Data.Dubai under the Dubai Open Data Licence; the aggregates on this page are shared under the same licence. Also OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Guardian AI analysis. Maps © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap. Figures describe reported incidents, not a statement that a place is dangerous.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Dubai.