There have been 216 road accidents in Russia over the past 24 hours.

Over the past day, 216 road accidents have occurred on Russian roads, in which 14 people were killed and 265 injured. The 10 dead were drivers and passengers. This was reported to Izvestia on April 3 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

As a result of 51 accidents, 24 of which occurred at pedestrian crossings and 27 outside their area of operation, four pedestrians were killed, and 47 more road users in this category were injured in various degrees of severity. Eight underage pedestrians were among the injured, six of them were injured while crossing the roadway in designated areas.

19 accidents involving buses were recorded, in which one person was killed, and 24 more road users, including seven children, needed medical attention. 11 bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by drivers of other vehicles.

There were also 30 accidents involving minors, in which 33 young road users were injured, including 14 passengers and three motor vehicle drivers. One child passenger was killed.

So, in one of the villages of the Kaliningrad region, in the evening, a 35-year-old car driver drove into the oncoming lane in a prohibited place, where he collided with another passenger car driven by a 34-year-old motorist moving in the opposite direction and starting to turn left. As a result of an accident in the second car, the three-year-old son of the female driver died, who was in the back seat in a child restraint at the time of the collision, but was not wearing a seat belt.

On the eve of the weekend, the State Traffic Inspectorate urged motorists to strictly observe traffic regulations and be more careful on the roads of towns and cities, especially in the morning and evening. Drivers should take special care when approaching intersections and unregulated pedestrian crossings. We recommend that you do not rush to "skip" them as quickly as possible, but, on the contrary, slow down to the minimum speed in advance in order to stop the vehicle for pedestrians to pass.

"In addition, we advise you not to overestimate your strength and driving skills, to abandon risky driving, exceeding the speed limit, to refrain from sudden rash maneuvers and changes of lanes, overtaking and driving into oncoming traffic — even in the permitted places. Remember that the skills, driving experience, well—being, and law-abiding driving behavior depend not only on the life and health of the driver himself, but also on the lives and health of other road users, including your young passengers, who should be transported in compliance with all necessary safety measures," said the deputy head of the road safety advocacy Department. and prevention of children's road traffic injuries GUOBDD of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel Anton Belan.

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Earlier it was reported that since April 1, when the annual recalculation of the bonus-malus coefficient (KBM) in CTP took place, the number of drivers with its minimum value has increased. Now, drivers with a BMD below 1 account for 93.8% of all drivers in the country.

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