The State Traffic Inspectorate's "Promotion of Safety" social campaign has been launched in Russia

Throughout Russia, on Monday, June 16, the social campaign of the State Traffic Inspectorate for Road Safety "Promotion of safety" was launched, which concerns the most widespread and vulnerable category of road users.

By the end of 2024, almost 35 thousand accidents related to hitting pedestrians were recorded in the Russian Federation. At the same time, there was also a positive trend — the number of dead pedestrians is decreasing from year to year, largely due to educational work with citizens of the country.

"Pedestrians are the most dangerous road users, the most traumatic, more than 3.5 thousand pedestrians die on our country's roads every year, just five years ago this figure was 300-400 more pedestrians," Oleg Ponarin, Deputy head of the Main Directorate for Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, said during a press conference held in the press- the Komsomolskaya Pravda Center.

Vadim Melnikov, an expert on the Social Campaign project and a member of the Public Council under the Russian Ministry of Transport, stressed that this year's event covers the entire country. According to him, it is held in 40 regions of the country — from the Far East to Kaliningrad.

The "Safety Promotion" campaign will last until the end of this year and will reach more than 50 million people. It is noted that as part of the campaign, experts will explain the rules of behavior on the roads, primarily in schools and kindergartens.

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Earlier that day, it became known that from January to May 2025, 44.4 thousand deaths occurred in Russia. Traffic accidents with dead or injured people. It was noted that this is 0.7% more than in the same period of 2024. According to the State Traffic Inspectorate, the number of people killed in accidents was 4.6 thousand (-1.9%), and 55.7 thousand people were injured (+0.5%).