11 Crashes Over Weekend Leave One Dead, 12 Injured

From 17 to 19 July, 11 road traffic accidents involving casualties were recorded in Vologda Region: one person died, 12 sustained injuries. Additionally, 69 crashes with only vehicle damage were documented.

GIBDD officers removed 41 intoxicated drivers and 80 unlicensed motorists from the roads. 379 drivers were held accountable for not wearing seat belts. Administrative protocols were drawn up against 172 pedestrian violators. 74 drivers were punished for violating passenger transport rules, including 36 for transporting children without child restraint systems. Additionally, 20 reports on road maintenance deficiencies were filed.

On 17 July at 07:50 in Vologda on Leningradskaya Street, near building 85, a collision occurred. A driver born in 1986 behind the wheel of a Lada Largus failed to yield at a controlled intersection to a Honda motorcycle ridden by a man born in 1985. The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with injuries and outpatient treatment was prescribed.

That same evening at 19:00, in Vologda District on the 21st kilometer of the Vologda–Rostilovo highway, a novice driver born in 2007 driving a Kia Sorento entered the oncoming lane and collided with a Skoda Octavia going in the same direction, driven by a man born in 1963 who was turning left. The Skoda driver and a Kia passenger born in 1983 sustained injuries.

On 17 July at 20:30 in Cherepovets District on the 1st kilometer of the access road to Vaskovo village, a man born in 1999 riding a Kaio motorcycle without a license for that category and without a helmet crashed into a tree. The driver was hospitalized.

On 18 July at 10:15 in Veliky Ustyug on Dobrynino Street near building 9, a man born in 1987 on a «racer» motorcycle without a license and without a helmet hit a metal garage. A minor passenger born in 2009 sustained injuries. The driver died at the scene before the ambulance arrived.

The same day at 15:45 in Cherepovets on Arkhangelskaya Street near building 100, a driver born in 1989 in a Belgee failed to yield while changing lanes and collided with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle ridden by a man born in 1985. The motorcyclist was hospitalized.

On 19 July at 17:20 in Vologda District on the 13th kilometer of the A-119 Vologda–Medvezhyegorsk highway, a Sitrak truck driver born in 1978 failed to maintain a safe lateral distance and collided with a scooter ridden by a man born in 1966, who was traveling in the same direction along the right edge of the roadway. The scooter driver sustained injuries.

That same evening at 20:04, in Sokolsky District, in the village of Chekshino on Veteranov Street near building 10, a boy born in 2012 on an Alpha moped without a license hit a pedestrian born in 2013 who was walking along the right edge of the roadway. The pedestrian was taken to hospital with injuries.

At 21:50 in Cherepovets on Kirillovskoye Highway near building 49, a driver born in 1986 in a FAW hit a pedestrian born in 1988 who was crossing the road at an undesignated spot within visibility of a crosswalk. The pedestrian was hospitalized.

The GIBDD urges drivers to be attentive, avoid risky overtaking, monitor the road situation, fasten seat belts, and obey speed limits. Politeness and respect on the road are the key to overall safety.

Several accidents involving unlicensed drivers were recorded over the past weekend. Among the violators were children and teenagers operating motorcycles, pit bikes, electric scooters, and bicycles.

Operating motor vehicles requires a driver«s license of category »A« or »M« and a motorcycle helmet. Driving such vehicles on public roads is strictly prohibited. Electric scooters and bicycles are not toys. Riding on the roadway is only permitted from age 14, and riders must dismount at pedestrian crossings and follow traffic rules.

Parents are responsible for the lives and health of their children. It is necessary to monitor where and how they spend their time and not to buy equipment that the child is not ready to operate.