E 30 road (United Arab Emirates)
{{short description|Highway in the middle eastern country}}
{{Infobox road
| country = ARE
| type = E
| route = 30
| length_km = 124
| photo = E 30 - Abu Dhabi Highway - United Arab Emirates - panoramio (34).jpg
| photo_notes = A stretch of E 30 westbound towards Abu Dhabi near Mussafah
| name = Al Rawdah Road
| alternate_name =
| junctions = {{plainlist|1=
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|22}} - Al Ain Road
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|20}} - Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street
- Naseem Al Barr Street, Abu Dhabi
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|75}} - Al Haffa Road
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|65}} - Liwa - Abu Dhabi Road
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|40}} - Malad Road
- Shakbout bin Sultan Street, Al Ain
- {{Jct|country=ARE|E|40}} - Al Nimma Road
}}
}}
E 30 is one of the main roads of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The road connects the city of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. It is colloquially called Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Truck Road, but is officially named Al Rawdah Road. and is approximately parallel with E 22 - Al Ain Road.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/transport/uae-traffic-slow-moving-in-abu-dhabi-1.700412|title=UAE traffic: Slow moving in Abu Dhabi|website=The National|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/living-in-uae/transport/uaes-road-infrastructure-all-you-need-to-know-1.1574528363914|title=UAE’s road infrastructure: All you need to know|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}}
Uses
Being intended as a truck route,{{Cite web|url=https://www.faszination-abu-dhabi.de/dos-und-donts-im-strassenverkehr/|title=Dos und Don’ts im Straßenverkehr|last=S|first=Werde Fan!SarahIn Luxus-Hotels residieren Durch|last2=W|first2=Dünen|website=Abu Dhabi Reisetipps {{!}} Dein ehrlicher & ausführlicher Reiseführer|language=de-DE|access-date=2020-03-26|last3=lieben! :-)|first3=eln Dem Muezzin-Ruf lauschen Die Hitze aushalten Arabische Vorspeisen genießen Architektonischen Wahnsinn bestaunen Abu Dhabi}} It mostly serves trucks and therefore has a lower speed limit of 80 km/h{{cite book|author1=Road & Transport Authority|url=http://www.rta.ae/wpsv5/eservices/PDF_Catalog/Light_Motor_Handbook_EN.pdf|title=Light Motor Vehicle Handbook: A Guide to Safe Driving|date=January 2012|publisher=Road & Transport Authority|page=132|chapter=Part 5: Rules and Responsibilities}} (as opposed to other freeways, including the E 22, with a speed limit of 160 km/h{{Cite web|url=http://www.dubaifaqs.com/speed-limits-uae.php|title=Speed limits in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE|website=www.dubaifaqs.com|access-date=2020-03-26}}). However, the speed limit is not strictly enforced. 29% of the vehicles using the E 30 are lightweight vehicles, which account for 73% (43) of the 59 accidents from 2014 to 2017.{{Cite book|last=Stanton|first=Neville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVhiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA637 |title=Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA|date=2017-01-01|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-93885-1|language=en}}
The E 30 is the main link for trucks carrying goods from western UAE (i.e. Abu Dhabi) 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 (28).
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/24-killed-and-24-injured-in-uae-s-worst-road-tragedy-1.588267|title=24 killed and 24 injured in UAE's worst road tragedy|website=The National|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}} The road was compared with a Russian roulette, a term metaphorically used to describe a very dangerous game of chance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/russian-roulette-on-uae-s-road-of-death-1.479867|title=Russian roulette on UAE's road of death|website=The National|language=en|access-date=2020-03-25}}
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