In Russia, 1.37 million driver’s licenses were issued over the year – Kommersant

The annual reports of the traffic police also contain information about driver’s licenses. Last year, 1.37 million rights were issued, slightly more than in 2022 (1.35 million). Of these, 1.06 million are category B certificates, 128.7 thousand are category C, 74.6 thousand are category A, 31.4 thousand are category D. 1.1 thousand citizens received tram licenses, 785 trolleybus. Just over 181 thousand international driver’s licenses were issued.

The total number of exams conducted in the traffic police decreased from 7.06 million to 6.93 million. Citizens passed the “Theory” the first time in 36% of cases, the practical part of the exam – in 12%. The last indicator is related to the tightening of the rules for passing exams in 2021, Kommersant talked about this, the traffic police is already preparing a number of relaxations. The number of road accidents involving drivers with up to two years of driving experience increased over the year by 3.2% – to 8 thousand. 736 people died in them, 11.4 thousand were injured.

The total number of driving schools in 2023 decreased from 7.54 thousand to 7.2 thousand.

Ivan Buranov