Horrific Accident on Highway Near Arzamas – Two Dead, Two Injured

A car veered into oncoming traffic, leading to a collision that killed two and injured two others.
Jan 21, 2026
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Emergency services responded to the collision on the R-158 highway.
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On Tuesday, 20 January, a fatal accident occurred in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Two cars collided on a highway near Arzamas. Details were provided by the regional State Traffic Inspectorate.

Investigators are examining the scene to determine the cause of the crash.
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The accident happened in the morning at the 82nd kilometer of the federal highway R-158 Nizhny Novgorod–Saratov. Near the village of Rozhdestvensky Maydan, the driver of a Skoda entered the oncoming lane, where it collided with a Chevrolet. The circumstances are under investigation.

As a result, two people suffered injuries incompatible with life. Two other victims were taken to the Vladimirsky Hospital. Their condition is being clarified.

Earlier, our colleagues from NGS55.RU reported on the fate of a resident of Dzerzhinsk, who caused a fatal accident on the Tyumen–Omsk highway in late December. Then, six people died: the driver and passengers of a bus. Read more about the terrible accident in this article.

Another fatal accident at the end of the year occurred on a highway in the Pochinkovsky district. As a result of a head-on collision, one person died and two others were hospitalized with injuries.

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