There were 371 road accidents in Russia over the weekend.
Over the past weekend, 371 accidents were recorded on Russian roads, 42 people were killed and 484 injured. 31 people died among the drivers and passengers. This was reported to Izvestia on March 16 by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Russian Interior Ministry.
In the Novosibirsk region, on 109 km of the federal highway R-255 Siberia, in the evening, a 43-year-old minivan driver with five passengers in the cabin unexpectedly drove into the oncoming lane in conditions of strong sideways gusty winds, where he collided with a truck. The motorist himself and all his passengers were killed in the accident.
The State Traffic Inspectorate urged drivers to always be attentive, collected and disciplined when driving vehicles in conditions of changing seasons and changeable spring weather. It is recommended not to be distracted while driving, to abandon risky driving behavior, exceeding the permitted speed limit, sudden changes of lanes, overtaking, entering oncoming traffic even in permitted places, as well as other dangerous maneuvers.
In addition, 23 bus accidents were recorded over the weekend, in which one person was killed, and 29 more road users, including three children, needed medical attention. 15 bus accidents were caused by traffic violations committed by drivers of other vehicles.
On Sunday morning in Moscow, a 54-year-old female driver of a city tram carrying 40 passengers on the Brattsevo — Sokol metro station route lost control of the vehicle, as a result of which the tram derailed and ran into a tram of the same route standing in the opposite direction at a public transport stop traveling from the station. Sokol metro station in Brattsevo with 45 passengers. As a result of the accident, 18 passengers of two trams, including three minors, were hospitalized with injuries. Another 12 passengers, including two children, were sent for outpatient treatment after receiving medical care.
As a result of 97 accidents involving pedestrians on the roads of Russia, 11 people were killed, and another 90 were injured in various degrees of severity. Among the injured are 24 child pedestrians, 17 of them were injured when crossing the roadway in unintended places. Of the total number of pedestrian incidents, 35 occurred at pedestrian crossings and 62 outside their area of operation.
58 accidents involving minors were registered, in which 65 young road users were injured, including 37 passengers and two motor vehicle drivers. Two child pedestrians died in similar circumstances in different regions of the country. So, in St. Petersburg, during the daytime, a 32-year-old crossover driver, while reversing in the courtyard of an apartment building, ran over a five-year-old boy, who, although accompanied by his father, was out of sight of both the motorist and the parent at the time of the incident, between the reversing and parked cars.
Also in the afternoon, in one of the rural settlements of the Republic of Dagestan, a 23-year-old Gazelle driver, while reversing, ran over a six-year-old pedestrian boy playing with his peers, who ran across the road as the maneuvering vehicle was moving. A minor pedestrian was killed.
The State Traffic Inspectorate reminded drivers of the need to be extremely careful while driving in populated areas. The behavior of children near the roadway is often unpredictable. A child left unattended by adults may suddenly run out from behind a parked car or other objects and structures that restrict the view of the person behind the wheel. You should be doubly careful when maneuvering and reversing in a residential area or courtyard area. It is important to be constantly ready to react immediately to the sudden appearance of children on the road.
"We draw parents' attention to monitoring the leisure time and behavior of preschoolers and younger schoolchildren on weekends. Unfortunately, the lack of such control by adults often leads to injuries or deaths of young road users, since with the onset of spring they spend a lot of time in yards and on the streets, and during outdoor activities they often forget about observing the basic rules of safe behavior on the road," said the deputy head of the safety propaganda department. Police Colonel Anton Belan, Traffic Police Department and Prevention of child traffic injuries.
Over the past 15 days of March, 212 accidents involving child pedestrians occurred in Russia, in which four young road users of this category were killed and 216 injured, the State Traffic Inspectorate estimated.
Earlier, on March 13, it was reported that by the end of 2025, the highest proportion of car owners with the maximum discount for accident-free driving under CTP was recorded in Moscow. In the capital, more than half of drivers (52.3%) have a minimum value of the bonus-malus coefficient (KBM).
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