Traffic accidents occurred on the highways in 2018
In January-March 2018, the country's automobile roads suffered a traffic accident of 376, or 7.6% less than same period of time in 2017, the number of victims of these events dropped by 11.9% and reached to 505 persons. 162 of them died and 343 of them were injured. 35.1% of accidents happened in the daytime, 37.2% - at night time, 27.7% - during twilight; 26.3% of accidents occurred on Saturdays and Sundays.
91.8% of traffic accidents happened in settlements; number of persons died as a result of these accidents increased by 14.3% and made 136 persons, number of injured persons decreased by 15.0% and 328 persons.
Name of indicators | January-March 2018, unit | Compared to January-March 2017, percent |
All traffic accidents – Total | 376 | 92.4 |
By location: | ||
Highways | 31 | 75.6 |
Settlements | 345 | 94.3 |
Light condition | ||
Daytime | 132 | 69.5 |
During twilight | 104 | 131.6 |
Night time | 140 | 101.4 |
Road condition | ||
Dry road cover | 336 | 91.3 |
Other (wet, ice, etc.) | 40 | 102.6 |
Number of injuries, person | 505 | 88.1 |
Died | 162 | 100.0 |
Injuries | 343 | 83.5 |
53.2% (more 2.6% compared to last year) of all traffic accidents happened with participation of transport means and pedestrians, 31.1% (14.6% less) - several transport means, 15.7% (21.3% less) - one mode of transport.
80.9% of died persons and 79.0% of injured as a result of traffic accidents were men.
11 accidents occurred because of drunk driving and caused death or injury, where 8 persons died,8 persons injured. 72.7% of such accidents have been committed by drivers of motor-cars.
In January-March 2018 number of administrative violation of traffic rules compared to same period of time in 2017 increased by 5.1% and made 786.2 thousand. 50.1% of violations were detected on exceeding the speed on the road (more than 3.6% compared to 2017), 12.6% - violation of parking regulations (12.0% more), 10.4% - continue the movement of the traffic light or the regulator’s warning sign (4.4% less), 13.2% - disobedience the requirements of road signs (47.2% more), 2.6% - driving without seat belt (24.8% less) and the rest by other reasons. Penalties in amount of 14.2 million manats were applied because of violation of traffic rules.
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