There have been 16,621 road accidents with victims in Ukraine since the beginning of 2024, which is 11% more than last year. Most of the accidents were recorded in Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa regions, according to the data of the monitoring service Opendatabot, UNN reports.
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"16,621 road accidents with victims have occurred in Ukraine since the beginning of 2024. This is 11% more than in the same period last year. 1,918 people were killed and 20,862 others were injured as a result of these accidents," the report says.
The highest number of accidents with victims was recorded in the following settlements:
- Kyiv - 1,393 accidents;
- Dnipro region - 1,350;
- Odesa region - 1,148.
It is in Odesa region that the number of accidents has increased by a record 40% this year, and the number of fatalities has increased by 70%.
Top Ukrainian roads with the highest number of accidents:
- M-06 Kyiv - Chop - 292 accidents;
- M-30 Stryi - Uman - Dnipro - Izvaryne - 291 accidents;
- M-03 Kyiv - Kharkiv - Dovzhansky - 156 accidents.
Top causes of road accidents with victims:
- Speeding violations - 6,628 (39.9%)
- Violation of maneuvering rules - 3,828 (23.0%)
- Violation of intersection rules - 1,596 (9.6%)