A press conference was held dedicated to the opening of centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries throughout Russia

08 December 2021

On December 7, a press conference was held dedicated to the opening of centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries throughout Russia. Centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries are being opened in the regions as part of an all-Russian program aimed at reducing the number of road accidents involving children. From 2017 to 2021, centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries were opened in 85 regions of Russia, and thus the program covered the entire country.

Centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries are being opened in the regions as part of an all-Russian program aimed at reducing the number of road accidents involving children. From 2017 to 2021, centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries were opened in 85 regions of Russia, and thus the program covered the entire country. On the basis of innovation centers, children from the age of 5, parents and teachers are trained in traffic rules and safe behavior in the transport environment.

The opening of car towns is carried out on behalf of the President of Russia V.V. Putin. The program is implemented by the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia together with the Russian Union of Motor Insurers with the assistance of the Ministry of Education of Russia, the Ministry of Transport of Russia and the Expert Center The "Road Safety Russia"".

A distinctive feature of the program is mobile car sites (car towns) with the brand name "Safety Laboratory"[1]. Centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries are being launched in the regions on the basis of additional education organizations, after which a specialized bright yellow bus is transferred there, which leaves for settlements, including the most remote ones. Thanks to this methodology, the project has the widest geography of coverage in each region and a high level of efficiency in training the younger generation. From 2017 to 2021, 1,000,000 children and 80,000 adults were trained on the basis of car cities.

The speakers of the press conference were: Igor Yurgens, President of the Russian Union of Motor Insurers, Acting Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel Goryainov Andrey, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy for the Protection of Children's Rights of the Ministry of Education of Russia Yulia Kostyryachenko, Executive Director of the Russian Union of Motor Insurers, Executive Director of the Russian Union Auto insurers Ufimtsev Evgeniy, General Director of the Expert Center The "Road Safety Russia" Melnikov Vadim, Director of the Center for the Prevention of Child Road Traffic Injuries in Tula Groshev Yuriy.

Yurgens Igor confirmed the intentions of the insurance community to support the project to prevent child road traffic injuries: “We will prepare our proposals for the State Council of the Russian Federation, and if the State Council decides to continue the program, the insurers will certainly make their contribution. Looking at the positive result of our project, we look forward to further assistance from the Government to develop and improve the existing model.”

Goryainov Andrey presented accident statistics for 11 months of 2021: “Analysis of statistics for 11 months of 2021 compared to the same period last year indicates a decrease in the number of accidents involving minors (14680, -4.9%) and the number of children injured in them (15988, -5.3%). Almost half of the accidents involved child passengers. Pedestrian children were involved in every third accident. One in eleven crashes involved young cyclists and one in twenty crashes involved underage motorcyclists. At the same time, 79.4% of accidents involving children were committed due to violation of traffic rules by vehicle drivers.”

Yulia Kostyryachenko devoted her speech to how the road safety education system is generally built within the framework of federal state educational standards: “For the Ministry of Education of Russia, the prevention of child road traffic injuries is a priority area of ​​work. Already, more than 7,000 educational organizations of preschool, general, additional and professional education are implementing various developmental programs on road safety, which involve a huge number of children. Our goal is to increase the reach of the audience and interest children so that it is not only useful, but also interesting. And it is the creation of centers for the prevention of child road traffic injuries, equipped with mobile car parks, that is a particularly effective pedagogical tool.”

 Evgeny Ufimtsev expressed the interest of the insurance community in supporting the project: “For three years, we have seen how the cost of an OSAGO policy remains unchanged. Although the cost of cars and spare parts is growing today, and there are other negative factors, largely due to the work of the Safety Laboratories, there is a decrease in injuries, accidents, and the number of accidents on the roads. All this leads to the fact that the cost of an OSAGO policy remains at the level of 5,500–5,600 rubles.”

Groshev Yuri spoke about how the program is being implemented in the Tula region, where the first center for the prevention of child road traffic injuries was launched in 2017: “During the implementation of the project, 1,721 children aged 5 to 18 years old, including children with disabilities. The Center has conducted more than 230 events

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