As a result of the accidents, 1,918 people died and 20,862 were injured. The largest number of accidents with casualties was recorded in Kyiv.
Since the beginning of the year, almost two thousand people died in road accidents in Ukraine, and another 21 thousand were injured. The Opendatabot platform announced this on Friday, October 4.
“Almost 2 thousand people died, and almost 21 thousand more were injured in road accidents since the beginning of the year today M-06 Kyiv – Chop and M- 30 Stryi – Uman – Dnepr – Izvarino The majority of accidents that fatalities – 80% – occur in populated areas, another 15% of accidents occur on roads of national importance,” the report said. said.
According to published data, the number of road accidents with fatalities increased by 11% this year compared to the same period last year.
Also this year, accidents in populated areas increased by 13%, while the number of accidents on highways remained almost unchanged.
“The largest number of accidents with casualties was recorded in Kyiv – 1,393 accidents. It is followed by settlements in Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa regions: second and third places with 1,350 and 1,148 road accidents, according to number of accidents this year has increased record-breakingly – even compared to the same period last year And the number of deaths in this region has generally increased by 70%, “said analysts.
It was noted that almost half of the accidents in Ukraine occur due to excessive speed (39.9% of accidents). The leading causes of road accidents also include violation of maneuvering rules (23%) and violation of intersection rules (9.6%).
Other causes of road accidents in Ukraine include: violation of rules for passing pedestrian crossings (6.8%), failure to maintain distance (5.3%), drunk driving (4.0%) , pedestrian crossing in an unspecified area (2.4%), driving into oncoming traffic (1.7%), violation of overtaking rules (1.4%).
We remind you that in Kyiv on October 1, a driver had an epileptic attack on the road. An out-of-control truck crashed into several vehicles.
In Kyiv, a minibus had an accident, there were victims
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