There were 294 road accidents in Russia over the past day

Over the past day on the roads of the country there were 294 road accidents, in which 29 people were killed and 345 were injured. This was reported to "Izvestia" on September 24 by the State Automobile Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

As a result of 92 accidents, 44 of which occurred at crosswalks and 48 - outside their zone of action, six people were killed, another 94 - received various injuries. With the participation of buses on the roads of Russia recorded 14 accidents in which 17 road users were injured. The cause of seven accidents involving buses was violation of traffic rules by their drivers. Drunk drivers were involved in 11 accidents, participants of four more incidents refused medical examination for intoxication. In such accidents 22 people received various bodily injuries. As a result of 41 accidents involving minors, 43 young road users were injured, including 12 child passengers, three bicyclists and five underage drivers of motorized vehicles. One teenage motorcyclist was killed.

A road accident involving a minor occurred in the Republic of Tyva. When leaving a secondary road, the driver of a passenger car collided with a motorcycle driven by a 15-year-old teenager who was traveling on the main road. As a result of the injuries received, the young motorcyclist died. As it turned out, the dead child did not have a driver's license, and the motorcycle he was driving was not registered in the prescribed manner.

The state traffic police reminds parents that the lack of control over the behavior and leisure of their children, as well as the availability of vehicles for them, often lead to injury or death of young road users.

"Parents in no case should not leave the keys and documents from cars and motorcycles to children and teenagers who do not have a driver's license and skills to operate motor vehicles. Thus the very possibility of a dangerous trip is excluded. We draw the attention of parents to the administrative responsibility for allowing children who do not have a driver's license to drive vehicles", - reminds the head of the department of road safety propaganda and prevention of child traffic injuries of the Main Department of Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, police colonel Sergei Khrantsevich.

The traffic police also urge road users not to remain indifferent to the problem of drunkenness at the wheel and timely report to law enforcement agencies about drivers who behave inadequately on the road, driving while intoxicated. Employees of the traffic police are ready to take all necessary operational measures to respond to such reports, emphasize the agency.

Earlier, on September 23, in Krasnodar, the driver of a passenger car, avoiding a collision with another car, drove onto the sidewalk, where he hit three pedestrians. The victims received various injuries and were taken to hospital.