The number of road accidents caused by children has increased 1.4 times
Almost 6.5 thousand road accidents with victims were recorded in Ukraine in 4 months of 2024, according to the Patrol Police Department (PPD). This is 6% more than in the same period in 2023. 813 people died in these accidents. There has also been a significant increase in the number of road accidents involving children – 1.4 times this year. Most of these accidents occurred in the Lviv region.
6475 road accidents with victims were recorded in Ukraine in the first four months of 2024. This is 6% more than last year.
The number of people killed in such accidents this year reached 813, and 8155 were injured.
For the second year in a row, the top three anti-leaders in terms of the number of accidents with victims are led by Dnipropetrovska oblast, where 637 such incidents occurred, 10% of the total number in the country. The number of accidents here increased by 14.5% compared to the same period last year.
Lviv region ranks second with 586 accidents with victims (9%), and Kyiv closes the top three anti-leaders with 534 cases (8%).
The largest increase in road accidents with victims over the year was recorded in Kherson (+26%), Mykolaiv (+23%) and Rivne (+23%) regions.
Most people – 70% of the total number – died in road accidents due to speeding (430) and maneuvering violations (136).
It is worth noting that the number of road accidents involving children is increasing year by year. For example, 956 such accidents occurred in the first four months of 2024, almost a quarter more than in the same period last year. The highest number of such accidents was recorded in Lviv region – 115 cases.
The number of accidents involving children has increased 1.4 times this year compared to last year and 3 times compared to 2021. The largest number of such cases occurred in Lviv (21), Rivne (14), Ivano-Frankivsk (13), and Volyn (12).
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