Over the weekend, 732 road accidents occurred in Russia.

Over the past weekend, on July 12-13, 732 road accidents occurred on Russian roads, killing 90 and injuring 925 people. This was reported to Izvestia on July 14 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 79 of the dead were passengers and drivers, the ministry said.

As a result of 123 accidents, 32 of which occurred at pedestrian crossings and 91 outside their area of operation, 117 pedestrians, including 34 children, were injured in various degrees of severity, while 11 minor pedestrians were injured while crossing the roadway in designated places.

18 accidents involving buses were recorded, in which one person was killed, and 27 more road users, including four children, needed medical attention. 13 bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by their drivers.
Over the past weekend, 130 accidents involving minors were registered, in which 145 young road users were injured, including 68 passengers, 11 cyclists and 28 motor transport drivers. Four child passengers were killed, one of whom was a passenger on a pit bike driven by a 17-year-old driver.

In the Kamchatka Territory, on 181 km of the Petropavlovsk—Milkovo regional highway, a 41-year-old female SUV driver lost control, causing the car to overturn on the roadway. and she overturned the car onto the roadway. Her 8-year-old daughter, who was in the back seat without a child safety seat and seat belt, died in an accident. Four more children between the ages of three and sixteen were hospitalized. The female driver and her two other passengers, including her second daughter, the same age as the deceased, were sent for outpatient treatment. All the children injured in the car accident were transported with gross violations of safety regulations.

One of the accidents involving a dead child passenger occurred in the Tula region. A young motorcyclist, without a driver's license and a motorcycle helmet, rode a pit bike into the oncoming lane in a prohibited place, where he collided with a passenger car. As a result of the accident, his passenger (6 years old) was killed, who was also without a motorcycle helmet. The culprit of the collision ended up in the hospital with injuries.

In the Bryansk region, on 194 km of the federal highway R-120 "Orel — Bryansk — Smolensk — border with the Republic of Belarus", the driver of a minivan carrying eight passengers, including six children aged 4-13 years, fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a metal road fence, drove into a ditch and overturned. As a result of the accident, the driver and all his passengers were hospitalized.

In the Irkutsk region, on 1378 km of the FAD R-255 Siberia (Novosibirsk — Kemerovo — Krasnoyarsk — Irkutsk), a 59-year-old passenger car driver drove into the oncoming lane while overtaking in a prohibited place, where he collided with two trucks in turn. As a result of the accident, the elderly motorist himself and his two passengers were killed, including his 12-year-old grandson, who was in the back row of the seat with his seat belt unbuckled.

The State Traffic Inspectorate reminds motorists that before overtaking, it is necessary to make sure that the distance and speed for its implementation are sufficient and fully allow them to safely complete the maneuver without creating an emergency situation for themselves and other road users. And while driving in a car with a child, it is important to choose a safe driving style, so as to avoid overtaking (even where it is allowed by road signs and markings), and other dangerous maneuvers, to avoid sudden changes of lanes.

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"One of the main reasons for the increase in accidents among underage drivers is the lack of proper adult supervision. Parents often purchase equipment for their children themselves, such as mopeds or so-called pit bikes, which are prohibited from driving on public roads. In addition, the legal age for driving a particular vehicle is often ignored. Parents need to strengthen control over teenagers' leisure time, as well as the availability of vehicles for them. It is necessary to constantly conduct explanatory conversations with children and adolescents about traffic regulations and the inadmissibility of driving motor vehicles without a driver's license and protective equipment," said Police Colonel Sergey Hrantskevich, Head of the Department for Road Safety Promotion and Prevention of Child traffic Injuries at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Earlier today it became known that on July 15, the Moscow State Traffic Inspectorate will hold a citywide preventive event "Pedestrian" in Moscow. Employees of the highway patrol service will monitor compliance with traffic regulations by both pedestrians and drivers.