There were 447 road accidents in Russia over the weekend.
Over the past first winter weekend, 447 road accidents were recorded on Russian roads, in which 70 people were killed and 607 injured. 53 of the dead were drivers and passengers. This was reported to Izvestia on December 8 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
23 bus accidents were recorded, in which two people were killed, and 36 more road users, including two children, needed medical attention. 10 bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by their drivers.
As a result of 124 accidents involving pedestrians, 17 people were killed, and 124 more were injured in various degrees of severity. Among the injured are 11 young pedestrians, seven of whom were injured when crossing the roadway in unintended places. Of the total number of pedestrian incidents, 50 occurred at pedestrian crossings and 74 outside their area of operation.
49 accidents involving minors were registered, in which 59 young road users were injured, including 42 passengers, four cyclists and two motor vehicle drivers. Three children were killed: two passengers and a pedestrian.
So, in the Vologda region, on 89 km of the Lentevo— Babaevo— Borisovo—Sudskoye regional highway, a 39-year-old car driver drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with another passenger car driven by a 30-year-old motorist. The accident killed the six-year-old son of the second driver, who was in the back seat, wearing a seat belt, but without using a child restraint device. Both drivers, two passengers of the culprit of the collision and two passengers of the second vehicle, including another boy born in 2021, were hospitalized with injuries. At the time of the incident, the second child was next to his dead brother in a child restraint and was strapped in.
In the Saratov region, in the evening, on 345 km of the federal highway R-208 Tambov — Penza — Saratov — Pristanskoe — Yershov — Ozinki — border with the Republic of Kazakhstan, a 20-year-old car driver lost control and drove into the oncoming lane, where he collided with another passenger car. As a result of an accident in the second car, its 31-year-old driver and two passengers were killed, including the seven-year-old son of the second motorist, who was transported in the back seat in a car seat using a seat belt. The culprit of the car accident and two other passengers were hospitalized with injuries. The driver of the first car had not previously been issued a driver's license.
In the evening, on 17 km of the Kadom — Kotelino—Nizhne-Nikolsk highway in the Ryazan region, a 37-year-old drunk car driver ran over a 45-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter, who were walking along the side of the left side of the road in the opposite direction to the car that hit them. Pedestrians died.
The State Traffic Inspectorate called on citizens who have not been trained in driving schools and have not received the right to drive vehicles in accordance with the established procedure, or who have been deprived of such a right, to refrain from trying to get behind the wheel and drive onto public roads. By their reckless actions, such citizens endanger not only their own lives and health, but also the lives and health of other road users, including children.
"In addition, we urge road users not to remain indifferent to the problem of drunkenness at the wheel and promptly inform the police about drivers who behave inappropriately on the road, driving drunk. Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate are ready to take all necessary operational measures to respond to such reports," said Police Colonel Sergey Hrantskevich, head of the Department for Road Safety Promotion and Prevention of child traffic injuries at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that on December 9, a preventive raid "Pedestrian Crossing" would take place in Moscow. During it, traffic inspectors will check the observance of traffic regulations by both pedestrians and drivers.
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