The mortality rate on Russian roads should be above twice than prescribed by order of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The current goal for 2024 — 4 deaths in traffic accidents per 100 000 population in the Russian interior Ministry offered to increase twice. Attainable figure, according to the police, estimated at 8.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
This follows from the minutes of the meeting in charge of transport Vice-Premier Marat Khusnullin, which was held on June 19, the newspaper “Vedomosti”. It is noted that the lowest mortality rate to 4 deaths per 100,000 people — has now reached only in six countries: Switzerland, Norway, Singapore, the UK, the Netherlands and Sweden.
May decrees Putin from 2018 it is planned to reduce the number of road deaths by 2024 3.5 times.
Earlier NEWS.ru reported that the Ministry of internal Affairs should strengthen the control over road safety. This was in February 2020, announced President Vladimir Putin at the enlarged meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of internal Affairs. He noted that in eight years the death rate on the roads fell by more than a third. However, work in this direction should be continued, said the head of state.
