“The number of deaths in road traffic accidents on the roads of the Moscow region decreased by 14%. This is the best indicator among the subjects of Russia, ”he said.
In 2018, for the same period, 864 dead were recorded, in 2019 - 747.
As the head of the regional traffic police Viktor Kuznetsov noted, as part of the implementation of the tasks of the national project “Safe and high-quality roads”, active work is underway to implement the federal project “Road Safety”. Its goal is to reduce mortality due to road traffic accidents by 3.5 times by 2024 compared to 2017 indicators.
Earlier, URA.RU reported that the number of accidents in Yekaterinburg increased by 19% in 2019.