Ekaterinburg children in comparison with last year became less likely to get into an accident. This was stated by Deputy Head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the City Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexei Suslov, summing up the results of the summer season. According to the police major, the main type of traffic accidents involving children are pedestrian attacks:
9 out of 15 recorded incidents involving minors occurred for this reason. The main violation on the part of minors, in turn, is the passage of the carriageway in the wrong place or because of a standing vehicle.
In addition, with the participation of child passengers, 5 incidents occurred in which 9 minors were injured. Also in the accident there were teenagers who ran various vehicles: three young cyclists and two motorcyclists were injured in the crashes.