On August 31, the Governmental Commission for Road Safety held a meeting chaired by Igor Shuvalov, the First Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by Mikhail Chernikov, the Head of the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as representatives of ministries, agencies, and non-governmental organizations – members of the Commission.

Before the official part of the event, the members of the Commission were...

The Kabardino-Balkar Republic launched the comprehensive social program “Towards Safety”. The project is implemented as part of the Federal Target Program “Increasing Road Traffic Safety in 2013–2020” with the support of the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the “Risk-Free Road Traffic” Expert Center. It is aimed at working with various groups of population to reduce the number of road traffic accidents...

The main goal of the special course by the Ford Safe Driving Academy is training drivers, who are engaged in the transportation of children, in defensive driving skills and techniques to prevent road accidents when driving a vehicle, including maneuvering in difficult traffic conditions. In order to achieve high results the Academy invited coaches having different titles in motorsports and awards of international competitions. The coaches were trained in the special training center of...

On June 27, the Kazan Autodrome “Vysokaya Gora” gathered over one hundred school bus drivers to pass an intensive training program developed by the “Academy for Training School Bus Drivers” taking into account all the features of transportation of minor passengers. In honor of launching the new program block, a press conference was held which was attended by the heads of the region, representatives of public services and agencies, and media. In Russia, this project is...

On June 16, Kaluga hosted the presentation of the children’s innovative Center for Road Traffic Safety. The event was attended by Aleksandr Savin, the Chief Federal Inspector for Kaluga Region of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District; Sergey Efremov, the Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Association of Motor Insurers; Nataliya Agre, the President of the “Risk-Free Road Traffic”...

The number of Road Traffic Accidents Involving Pedestrians has decreased in Russia by 6.5% since the beginning of the year, as RIA Novosti learnt from a source in the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, pedestrians remain the most vulnerable category of road users. Only in the last year there were over 52 thousand pedestrian collisions, that was one-third of the total number of RTAs. The most of such accidents occurred through the fault of...

As part of the international social project Ford Driving Skills for Life, the Ford Sollers company, in partnership with the “Risk-Free Road Traffic” Expert Center, supported by the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, will implement in Russia the program entitled Ford Safe Driving Academy. This year, novice drivers in 3 Russian cities – Grozny, Sochi, and Kazan – will be able to participate in free trainings on the...

On April 28, the Federal Social Program “Distance” created in line with the President’s instructions to reduce the number of victims in road accidents was declared the winner of the 5th Annual Program “The Russia’s Best Social Projects”.

Imperial Park Hotel & SPA hosted “The Russia’s Best Social Projects” jubilee program. By tradition, the event was opened by the Forum where the top managers in the field of corporate social...