There have been 321 road accidents in Russia over the past 24 hours.

Over the past day, 321 road accidents have occurred on Russian roads, in which 34 people were killed and 376 injured. 29 of the dead were passengers and drivers. This was reported to Izvestia on July 15 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

As a result of 59 accidents, 23 of which occurred at pedestrian crossings and 36 outside their area of operation, five pedestrians were killed, and 54 more were injured in various degrees of severity. Among the injured were 14 child pedestrians, 10 of whom were injured when crossing the roadway outside the designated areas.

18 accidents involving buses were recorded, in which one person was killed, and 21 more road users, including two children, needed medical help. 10 bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by drivers of other vehicles.

61 accidents involving minors were also registered, in which 67 young road users were injured, including 26 passengers, 15 cyclists and five motor transport drivers. There are no dead children.

Temporary closures or traffic restrictions are continuing in some regions of the country due to forest fires or flood conditions. So, in the Tyumen region, due to flooding of the roadway, traffic on seven highways of regional significance was temporarily stopped.

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a draft "Strategy for improving road safety"

The State Traffic Inspectorate recommended that motorists, when planning long-distance trips, familiarize themselves with the weather forecast and media information about possible overlap sites, outlining detours in advance. In case of traffic restrictions or closure of road sections due to worsening weather conditions, the relevant information is promptly posted on the website of the State Traffic Inspectorate, as well as on the official pages of the service units in social networks.

In summer, during frequent morning fogs, rains and thunderstorms, one should be extremely careful when driving: avoid sudden rash maneuvers and lane changes on slippery roads, observe the interval and distance between vehicles, and do not exceed the set speed, the department noted.

"It is necessary to drive a car in conditions of insufficient visibility with external lighting devices turned on, it is mandatory to use fog lights, if available, and during heavy fog or heavy precipitation, reduce speed as much as possible and move with the alarm lights on. In case of participation in an accident, the scene should be identified, if necessary, call the Traffic police, and if there are victims, an ambulance team," said 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.

"Continuity is the key to road safety"

The head of the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate, Mikhail Chernikov, in an interview with Izvestia, spoke about how the new national project will reduce accidents on the roads.

Yesterday 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.