The Saher Traffic System has reduced deaths and injuries from car accidents and helped with the arrest of suspects involved in car theft, forgery, assault, hit-and-run and murder. This is according to statistics released by the Saudi Red Crescent Society and Riyadh hospitals. The first phase of Saher, one year from its implementation in April 2010, showed car-accident injuries were reduced by 15.8 percent, and deaths by 31.4 percent, compared to 2009. There was also a slight reduction of 11.2 percent in car accidents. There were 11,875 in the first phase, compared to 13,202 accidents previously, including collisions, overturning and hitting of pedestrians. The system reduced violations, including driving through red lights, by nearly half. The average speed of vehicles dropped and speed violations at areas with 90 km speed limits dropped from 32.2 to 2.3 percent. The system helped uncover forgery. When a violation is detected by the system a ticket is sent to the car owner. The authorities made use of the Saher system to solve several criminal cases.