More than 1.8 thousand road accidents occurred in Russia over New Year holidays
From January 1 to January 8, 1842 accidents were recorded on Russian roads, in which 265 people were killed and 2697 injured. This was reported to "Izvestia" on Thursday, January 9, in the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
As a result of 428 accidents involving pedestrians 65 people were killed, another 383 were injured of varying severity. Among the victims are 45 child pedestrians, 30 of whom were injured at crosswalks. Of the total number of accidents with pedestrians, 166 occurred at crosswalks and 262 outside their zone of action.
With the participation of buses 59 accidents were recorded, in which six people died, another 125 road users required medical assistance. The cause of 31 accidents with buses were violations of traffic rules committed by their drivers.
Thus, in the morning of one of the first days of the new year in the Republic of Karelia on the 302nd km of the federal highway A-121 "Sortavala" the driver of a tourist bus, traveling with 44 passengers on the route Kondopoga - Ruskeala - St. Petersburg, drove off the road with the subsequent overturning of the vehicle. As a result of the accident, six passengers of the bus were injured and hospitalized, another 14 passengers, including three minors, received medical care.
In Kostroma in the afternoon the driver of a city shuttle bus, which was carrying 20 passengers, collided with another city bus with 10 passengers standing at a public transportation stop for boarding and disembarking passengers. As a result of the accident, six passengers of the first bus were injured and after medical care were sent for outpatient treatment.
Over the past holiday weekend since the beginning of the year in Russia there were 90 accidents involving drunk drivers and another 41 accidents in which drivers refused medical examination. In such accidents nine people were killed and 190 more were injured. The traffic police reminds motorists of the inadmissibility of driving while intoxicated. Preventive measures and mass inspections on Russian roads to identify drivers who risked getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol were conducted by traffic inspectors during the New Year holidays on a regular basis.
279 road accidents involving minors were registered, in which 334 young road users were injured, including 289 passengers and 45 pedestrians. Seven children died - one pedestrian and six passengers.
Thus, on the first morning of the new year in the Saratov region on the 399th km of the federal highway R-228 Syzran - Saratov - Volgograd, a 53-year-old driver of a passenger car died at the wheel, after which the vehicle went into the oncoming lane, where it collided with another passenger car. As a result of the accident, a female passenger, born in 2024, who was in a child restraint in the back row of seats, died in the oncoming vehicle. The driver of the car and another passenger were injured and hospitalized.
In the daytime on a regional highway in Crimea, a female driver drove into the oncoming lane in a prohibited place, where she collided with another passenger car, which after the collision went off the road and overturned. Three passengers of the second vehicle died in the accident, including a one-year-old boy who was in his mother's arms in the back seat at the time of the accident, and his six-year-old brother who was next to them in a child restraint device (he was wearing a seat belt). The driver and two other passengers of the second car, including a 14-year-old schoolboy who was sitting in the back without using a belt, as well as the perpetrator of the accident and her nine-year-old son were hospitalized with injuries. The young passenger was in the back seat of his car in a child restraint device and was buckled up.
In addition, in the Novosibirsk region in the evening on a highway of regional significance, the driver of an SUV made a departure from the road with subsequent overturning. As a result of the accident, his 10-year-old girl passenger, who was in the back seat of the car in a child restraint device using a seat belt, died. The driver himself was hospitalized with injuries.
"The analysis of accident rates for the holidays showed that still a serious problem is the neglect of adults to the safety of children while traveling by car. Non-compliance with the established requirements for the transportation of small passengers, the arrogance of drivers who do not change their driving style when there is a child in the cabin, make rash and risky maneuvers, often lead to tragedies on the roads, in which children are killed and injured, - told "Izvestia" deputy head of the department of road safety propaganda and prevention of child traffic injuries of the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, police colonel Anton Belan.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation clarified whether a driver can drink alcohol after a traffic accident. The Supreme Court considered the complaint of a driver from Karelia, who was deprived of his license for 1.5 years with a fine of 30 thousand rubles. It was established that he damaged the car by driving into a ditch, after which he consumed alcohol.
