We came in large numbers here – Newspaper Kommersant No. 217 (7418) dated 11/23/2022

The total number of traffic accidents on the roads of Russia for ten months of 2022 decreased by 5.5% compared to the same period last year, the number of deaths – by 5.1%. The top 5 regions in terms of the absolute number of accidents include Moscow, Krasnodar Territory, Nizhny Novgorod Region, St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region. It follows from police reports that there is an increase in accidents due to the fault of foreign drivers, and the number of children under 16 who die in road accidents is also increasing.

Data on the number of accidents for ten months of 2022 are published in the statistical section site of the State traffic inspectorate. In total, 103.9 thousand accidents occurred on the roads of the country (-5.5% compared to the same period last year), in which 11.5 thousand people died (-5.1%) and 130.6 thousand people were injured (- 5.6%).

Leaders among the regions in terms of the absolute number of accidents are Moscow (6.4 thousand accidents), Krasnodar Territory (4.6 thousand), Nizhny Novgorod Region (3.6 thousand), St. Petersburg (3.5 thousand) and Moscow Region (3.2 thousand). ). The increase in accident rate is observed in 19 regions, including Ingushetia (+23.8%), Karachay-Cherkessia (+19.9%), the Altai Republic (+16.1%), Chukotka (+15.4%), Novosibirsk region ( +12.6%. The fastest decline in accidents is in Chechnya (-25.5%), the Bryansk region (-19.3%) and St. Petersburg (-17.3%).

The increase in deaths in road accidents recorded in 29 regions, including the Republic of Altai (+72.7%), Karachay-Cherkessia (+44.7%), Sevastopol (+40%), the Republic of Mari El (+39.7%) and the Jewish Autonomous Region (+ 37.5%.

Recall, according to the relevant decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the death rate in road traffic accidents in 2024 compared to 2017 should be reduced by three and a half times and should not exceed the level of four people per 100,000 population. The same decree enshrines the “aspiration” for zero road deaths by 2030. This topic, speaking last week within the framework of the government hour in the Federation Council, was touched upon by the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

“The main direction of reducing accidents is the desire for zero deaths on the roads,” the minister said (quoted from TASS).- Someday, of course, it will be, but in order to reach zero mortality in general, all traffic must be completely stopped. That would be zero.”

The Minister recalled that in five years the number of deaths on the roads has decreased by more than 20%. According to him, this indicator is influenced by two factors: driving into the oncoming lane and driving while intoxicated.

The police department reported that in ten months the number of “drunk” accidents and 23.5% – the number of deaths in them. The number of accidents committed by drivers who refused to be examined decreased by 9.3%. But the accident due to fault foreign drivers, on the contrary, it increased by 4.1%: they made 4.3 thousand road accidents, in which 387 people died (+11.2%) and 5.7 thousand people were injured (+4.9%). The leaders in the absolute number of such accidents were Moscow (1 thousand accidents), St. Petersburg (488) and the Moscow Region (334). Drivers from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan provoke the most accidents, follows from the analytical report of the Scientific Center for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for six months.

Since the beginning of the year, the death rate in traffic accidents with injured children under 16 has also increased by 4.8%, and in the Central Federal District – by 5.7%, in the Volga – by 9.9%, in the North Caucasus – by 22.7 %, in the North-West – by 32.4%, in the Far East – by 50%. The number of accidents is also increasing when drivers violate the rules for transporting children (transportation without car seats).

This year, the traffic police for the first time began to openly publish data on the operation of regional photo and video recording systems on a monthly basis.

From the ten-month summary it follows, for example, that in Moscow, with the help of traffic police cameras, more than 30 million fines were issued, including 14.4 million for exceeding 20–40 km / h, 8.57 million for violating marking requirements , more than 3 million – for driving with an unfastened seat belt, more than 1 million – for violating the rules for the location of the car on the carriageway and driving to the side of the road. Since the beginning of the year, 27.2 million fines have been issued from cameras in the Moscow Region, of which 24.5 million were for exceeding the speed limit by 20-40 km/h, 666,000 resolutions for violating marking requirements.

Ivan Buranov