In Russia, six people were killed and 382 injured in traffic accidents caused by electric scooters, unicycles, segways and other individual mobility vehicles (SIMs) in the first 6 months of 2022, according to a report from the Science Center for Road Safety. NTS BDD) Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of deaths increased by 100% and the number of injured increased by 176.8%.
Traffic accidents were classified as collisions with pedestrians in 78.8% of cases and as collisions in 13.5%. In 32% of cases, accidents occurred at pedestrian crossings, in 31% of cases – at exits and intersections from the adjacent territory.
Most of the accidents involving IMS are in Moscow (94), St. It was recorded in the regions of St. Petersburg (57), Sverdlovsk (16) and Nizhny Novgorod (18).
happened before knownsaid that Sergei Burlakov, deputy head of the sports committee, recommended that scooter drivers take driving tests in the traffic police. He noted that the test should be done at the traffic police and if the test is successful, he handed over the relevant document to the owner of the electric scooter.