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  • It is up to adults to think about road safety of children

    14 August 2015
    According to the State Road Traffic Inspectorate statistics, within first six months of 2015 there has been 69 743 road accidents in Russia, with 8 377 people killed and 91 230 injured, including 172 children killed and more than four thousand children injured while being passengers in different means of transportation. Warm seasons bring with them a significant increase in road accident rates, with severity of such accidents increasing as well. Primarily it is linked to the carelessness of drivers tending to think of road safety less often, as they believe that road accidents do not happen in fair weather. However,...

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  • Moscow Region Road Traffic Safety Department announces unique study into child car safety

    16 April 2014
    The Moscow region has been selected for an extensive study into the causes of child injuries in car accidents. The region was chosen not on its merits as such, but because all possible accident factors can be seen in this location. Let us start by looking at the study itself. NGO Road Safety Russia and the Russian Health Ministry’s chief paediatric surgeon, Vladimir Rozinov, initiated the project. They proposed to the General Department of Road Traffic Safety that a study be conducted to determine in which kinds of accidents and conditions children are injured most often and which passive safety devices are the most...

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  • Child road safety: statistics, facts, proposals

    04 December 2013
    The public forum on Road Traffic Management and Safety in the Russian Federation opened in Moscow on 3-rd December. Discussion centred on a draft public report assessing road traffic management and safety in the Russian Federation’s constituent entities. The NGO Road Safety Russia produced the fourth section of the report, “Child Safety on Russia’s Roads”, and also organised the session “A Safe Road for the Next Generation”. The president of Road Safety Russia, Natalia Agre, moderated the session. Ms Agre spoke about the child safety work that Road Safety Russia has been carrying out for many years,...

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  • Frankfurt Motor Show: Russian public awareness campaign, ‘Car Seats for Children’, wins top award

    12 September 2013
    At the International Automotive Film and Multimedia Festival, AutoVision, ‘Car Seats for Children’, the Russian public awareness campaign promoting safety for children travelling in cars, organised by the General Department of Road Traffic Safety, the Russian Association of Motor Insurers (RAMI) and NGO Road Safety Russia, received an award. A key component of the campaign, the TV advert, ‘Car seats for children’, won the gold ‘Otto Car’ award in the Road Safety and Accident Prevention category. The award ceremony took place on 11 September at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. This is the first time in...

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