Radiy Khabirov: We should be engaged in road safety issues from morning till evening

UFA, 10 April 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

In the first quarter of 2019, 839 traffic accidents occurred in Bashkortostan, which is 5.7 percent higher than last year’s. In these accidents, 89 people died, 1,108 had injuries of varying severity. These figures were announced by Dinar Gilmutdinov, Head of the Traffic Police Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs RB, at a meeting on road safety issues in the region held yesterday in the House of the Republic. The meeting was conducted by the Acting Head of the Republic Radiy Khabirov.

Timur Mukhametianov, the Chairman of the State Committee for Transport RB, reported on the development of comprehensive measures aimed at ensuring road safety. According to him, the implementation of the relevant regional project has been launched, designed to reduce the number of people killed in road accidents by 3.5 times - to four people per 100 thousand inhabitants.

One hundred thirty-six places of traffic accidents concentration have been determined on the roads of the republic. In order to eliminate them, commissions began to work, which define specific activities following the study of each fatal accident. A mobile application for roads patching has been developed, the introduction of software for the registration of road traffic accidents and the monitoring of the implementation of road safety measures has begun. By August 1, it is planned to conclude an agreement on the installation of 609 photo-video violations recording systems. Besides, this year thermoplastic marking on regional roads, central streets and pedestrian crossings in settlements will be made.

“We have been paying much attention to road safety issues lately. Fatal accidents are, first of all, big human tragedies that take our relatives and friends away from us. It is a crucial state task that we must solve. We have the potential to bring down such a great amount of accidents. If you want to achieve a result, it is possible only through consistent system solutions. We should be engaged in this from morning till evening”, said Radiy Khabirov.