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The Ministry of Interior’s Road Safety Scientific Center (NTs BDD) has “rolled out” the final analysis of accident data in Russia for 2022. The AutoVzglyad portal found several
Particular attention in the informative and analytical review “Traffic accidents in the Russian Federation for 2022” should be paid to the section on “drunken” traffic accidents and everything related to them. One way or another, we are all used to the fact that the number of victims of such accidents on Russian roads is steadily decreasing – by about 8% per year. That’s great, but it turns out that the number of incidents themselves is not decreasing.
For example, in 2015, 48,600 such incidents were recorded. Of these, 21,000 were injured. In 2022, the total number of “drunk” accidents was 47,000, with injuries – 14,400. But by 2021, drunk drivers accounted for nearly 51,000 accidents, of which 15,700 were killed or injured.
What do these numbers say? Yes, on average about 48,000-49,000 accidents every year attributable to drunk drivers, and this figure doesn’t change much. Although the number of motorists in whom traffic cops show signs of being drunk also fluctuates from year to year, if so, then within the margin of error. So, in 2022 there were 467,000 such drivers, and a year earlier – 476,000 people.
It turns out that about the same number of people get behind the wheel of a drunk (and the traffic police come across). And this – despite all kinds of tougher penalties for driving under the influence.
But the victims of drunken accidents are getting fewer and fewer. Apparently, because the share of fresher and structurally safer cars in the country’s fleet is slowly increasing. Old “death capsules” such as the Soviet “Zhiguli” are gradually rotting away and less and less often kill drivers and passengers.
NC Road Traffic Safety also calculated that 74.8% of drunk emergency responders were intoxicated, and 6.6% of them were found to be drug addicts, with the remaining 18.8% refusing to be examined. Statistics say that people with a mild degree of intoxication (0.16-0.75 ppm alcohol in exhaled air) most often got into an accident – 43.2%. The average degree (0.75-1.5 mg / l in the “exhalation”) was found in 40.7% of drivers, and only in 22.6% – severe (1.5 ppm or more).
In addition to actually proving a stable and unchanged level of drunk driving in Russia, the NT’s BDD noted in its report a rather characteristic detail regarding global economic changes in our country.
In the Siberian Federal District in particular, the number of road accidents increased by 1.8%, the number of deaths by 1.3% and the number of injuries by 2.7%. In the Federal District of the Far East, there were only 0.4% more accidents, but the statistics of those who died in them turned out to be 2.7% higher, and those injured – by 1.2%. In addition, the number of accidents in the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 1.5%. Despite the fact that in 2021 a significant decrease in the number of accidents was recorded in the same districts.
So, in 2022, on the A-320 highway (Omsk border with Kazakhstan), the number of accidents increased by 76%, on the R-297 Amur (Chita-Birobidzhan-Khabarovsk) – by 25%, and on the A-321 (Barnaul border with Kazakhstan) – by 20%.
In contrast, in the Northwestern Federal District, the number of road accidents fell by 13% over the year. In it, 13.4% fewer people died and 12.4% were injured. In particular, on the M9 “Baltic” (Moscow-Latvian border) and on the M10 “Russia” (Moscow-St. Petersburg) the number of accidents fell by 23%. On the R-21 “Kola” (St. Petersburg border with Norway) and also on the A-121 “Sortavala” (St. Petersburg road R-21 “Kola”) – fell by almost 18%.
Police analysts attribute such changes to the effect of sanctions restrictions against Russia. This redistributed traffic flows from west to southeast, towards Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and China.
Specialists from the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate conclude that the Russian transport infrastructure was not ready for such a “turn to the East”. As a result, roads in regions with an increased accident rate began to operate in overload mode. For ordinary car owners, this means that summer driving on the routes of these regions is becoming increasingly unsafe.
Particular attention in the informative and analytical review “Traffic accidents in the Russian Federation for 2022” should be paid to the section on “drunken” traffic accidents and everything related to them. One way or another, we are all used to the fact that the number of victims of such accidents on Russian roads is steadily decreasing – by about 8% per year. That’s great, but it turns out that the number of incidents themselves is not decreasing.
For example, in 2015, 48,600 such incidents were recorded. Of these, 21,000 were injured. In 2022, the total number of “drunk” accidents was 47,000, with injuries – 14,400. But by 2021, drunk drivers accounted for nearly 51,000 accidents, of which 15,700 were killed or injured.
What do these numbers say? Yes, on average about 48,000-49,000 accidents every year attributable to drunk drivers, and this figure doesn’t change much. Although the number of motorists in whom traffic cops show signs of being drunk also fluctuates from year to year, if so, then within the margin of error. So, in 2022 there were 467,000 such drivers, and a year earlier – 476,000 people.
It turns out that about the same number of people get behind the wheel of a drunk (and the traffic police come across). And this – despite all kinds of tougher penalties for driving under the influence.
But the victims of drunken accidents are getting fewer and fewer. Apparently, because the share of fresher and structurally safer cars in the country’s fleet is slowly increasing. Old “death capsules” such as the Soviet “Zhiguli” are gradually rotting away and less and less often kill drivers and passengers.
NC Road Traffic Safety also calculated that 74.8% of drunk emergency responders were intoxicated, and 6.6% of them were found to be drug addicts, with the remaining 18.8% refusing to be examined. Statistics say that people with a mild degree of intoxication (0.16-0.75 ppm alcohol in exhaled air) most often got into an accident – 43.2%. The average degree (0.75-1.5 mg / l in the “exhalation”) was found in 40.7% of drivers, and only in 22.6% – severe (1.5 ppm or more).
In addition to actually proving a stable and unchanged level of drunk driving in Russia, the NT’s BDD noted in its report a rather characteristic detail regarding global economic changes in our country.
In the Siberian Federal District in particular, the number of road accidents increased by 1.8%, the number of deaths by 1.3% and the number of injuries by 2.7%. In the Federal District of the Far East, there were only 0.4% more accidents, but the statistics of those who died in them turned out to be 2.7% higher, and those injured – by 1.2%. In addition, the number of accidents in the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 1.5%. Despite the fact that in 2021 a significant decrease in the number of accidents was recorded in the same districts.
So, in 2022, on the A-320 highway (Omsk border with Kazakhstan), the number of accidents increased by 76%, on the R-297 Amur (Chita-Birobidzhan-Khabarovsk) – by 25%, and on the A-321 (Barnaul border with Kazakhstan) – by 20%.
In contrast, in the Northwestern Federal District, the number of road accidents fell by 13% over the year. In it, 13.4% fewer people died and 12.4% were injured. In particular, on the M9 “Baltic” (Moscow-Latvian border) and on the M10 “Russia” (Moscow-St. Petersburg) the number of accidents fell by 23%. On the R-21 “Kola” (St. Petersburg border with Norway) and also on the A-121 “Sortavala” (St. Petersburg road R-21 “Kola”) – fell by almost 18%.
Police analysts attribute such changes to the effect of sanctions restrictions against Russia. They redistributed traffic flows from west to south-east, towards Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and China.
Specialists from the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate conclude that the Russian transport infrastructure was not ready for such a “turn to the East”. As a result, roads in regions with an increased accident rate began to operate in overload mode. For ordinary car owners, this means that summer driving on the routes of these regions is becoming increasingly unsafe.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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