Over the past day, 215 road accidents have occurred in Russia.

Over the past day, 215 road accidents occurred on Russian roads, in which 11 people were killed and 252 injured, eight of the dead were passengers and drivers of vehicles. This was reported to Izvestia on March 21 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

19 accidents involving buses were recorded, in which one person was killed, and another 27 road users, including six children, required medical attention. The reason for 10 bus accidents was traffic violations by their drivers. As a result of 74 accidents, 41 of which occurred at pedestrian crossings and 33 outside their area of operation, three pedestrians were killed and 72 more were injured. Among the injured were 24 child pedestrians, 17 of whom were injured at pedestrian crossings, the State Traffic Inspectorate noted. The ministry also reported that over the past day, 41 accidents involving minors were registered in the country, as a result of which 44 young road users were injured, including 15 child passengers.

The State Traffic Inspectorate draws the attention of motorists to the fact that in a number of regions of the country, the temporary closure of traffic continues due to a difficult flood situation or adverse weather. In particular, in the Republic of North Ossetia — Alania, due to the deterioration of weather conditions in the adjacent territory, traffic on the federal highway A-161 Vladikavkaz - Nizhny Lars — border with the Republic of Georgia has been temporarily suspended since yesterday morning in the direction of departure from Russia. In the Republic of Bashkortostan, traffic on five highways of regional importance has been temporarily suspended for several days due to flooding of the roadway by flood waters. In the Chelyabinsk Region, for the same reason, traffic on three regional highways has been suspended since March 17. In the Samara region, three regional highways have also been closed since March 18 due to flooding of the roadway.

The State Traffic Inspectorate recommends that motorists, when planning long-distance trips in these and neighboring regions, monitor the weather forecast and media information from traffic closures or restrictions. In case of a negative forecast, we advise you to refrain from using personal vehicles for a while.

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"During the changing seasons, drivers should be extremely careful when driving: avoid sudden rash maneuvers and changes of lanes, observe the interval and distance between vehicles, and do not exceed the speed limit. It is necessary to drive a car at any time of the day with external lighting devices turned on, fog lights must be used in bad weather, and in conditions of heavy fog or heavy precipitation in the form of sleet or rain, reduce speed as much as possible and move with the alarm lights on," the head of the Department of road safety promotion and prevention told Izvestia. children's road traffic injuries Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Police Colonel Sergei Hrantskevich.

On March 19, it became known that four people were killed and six injured in an accident involving a minibus in Dagestan.