A 15-year-old girl in the Leningrad region sustained a severe arm injury after getting on a motorcycle. The incident occurred when the bike, operated by a 16-year-old companion, lost control and collided with a fence. As a consequence of the crash, the victim’s right hand was traumatically amputated, and she was transported to the emergency department for urgent care.
News reports note that during the five months of 2023, Russia saw a notable shift in traffic safety metrics, with casualty figures for road incidents increasing by a small but measurable percentage compared with the same period in the previous year. In the same timeframe, the number of people who died in traffic accidents rose by a modest margin as well, highlighting ongoing concerns about road safety across the country. These numbers underscore the broader trend that, even as some regions show improvements, others continue to face challenges in reducing fatalities and injuries on the roads.
Looking back to 2022, Russia recorded 126,000 traffic accidents, a decrease of about 5% from 2021. Despite this overall decline, the federal initiative focused on road safety indicated that in 2022, forty regions did not meet the targets established to curb road fatalities. This discrepancy points to uneven progress and the need for sustained, data-driven interventions across different locales to improve driver education, enforcement, and infrastructure safety measures. [Source: Federal Road Safety Project and regional traffic safety reports]