There were 464 road accidents in Russia over the weekend.

Over the last weekend of March, 464 road accidents were recorded on Russian roads, in which 61 people were killed and 567 injured. 48 of the dead were drivers and passengers of vehicles. This was reported to Izvestia on March 31 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In the Ryazan region, in the evening, on 13 km of the Rybnoye—Konstantinovo regional highway, a 67-year-old car driver drove into the oncoming lane in a prohibited place, where he collided with two other cars in turn. As a result of the accident, the culprit of the car accident died, and two passengers, one of whom was a 10-year-old boy, were injured in the second of the cars that collided with him. The injured were hospitalized.

As a result of 104 road accidents, 28 of which occurred at pedestrian crossings and 76 outside their area of operation, 13 pedestrians were killed, and 95 more were injured in various degrees of severity. Among the injured were 20 children under the age of 16, among them 17 were injured when crossing the roadway in unintended places.

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Over the past weekend, 19 accidents involving buses were recorded, in which two people were killed, and 23 more road users were injured. Seven bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by their drivers.

73 accidents involving minors were registered, as a result of which 83 young road users, including 36 passengers, were injured. Two child passengers were killed. For example, in the Republic of Dagestan, on 133 km of the Makhachkala — Verkhny Gunib regional highway, a passenger car driver drove into the oncoming lane in a prohibited place, where he collided with another passenger car. As a result of an accident in the car of the culprit of the collision, a 14-year-old passenger who was in the back row of seats was killed.

In the evening, on the Gorodishche — Nikolsk—Nochka regional highway in the Penza region, a passenger car driver lost control and drove off the road, followed by a rollover. Two of his passengers were killed in the accident, including a 13-year-old schoolgirl who was wearing a seat belt in the back row at the time of the collision. Two more minor passengers, a girl and a boy born in 2017, who were in the back row of seats and were strapped in, were injured and, after receiving medical attention, were sent for outpatient treatment.

"We remind motorists that the lives and health of their passengers depend entirely on the skills, driving experience, well-being and law-abiding behavior behind the wheel. Avoid risky driving, exceeding the speed limit, sudden changes of lanes, overtaking, driving into oncoming traffic even in permitted areas, and other dangerous maneuvers. We also draw the attention of drivers to the strict observance of the rules for transporting children. Take care of your young passengers, preventing even the prerequisites for a possible tragedy," Police Colonel Sergei Hrantskevich, head of the Department for Road Safety Promotion and Prevention of child traffic injuries at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, told Izvestia.

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