Primorsky Territory Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky today, March 21 at a meeting of the regional administration has demanded to increase funding of the regional target program "Improving road safety in the Primorye Territory."
Head of the region criticized the existing program and asked the directors of relevant departments to finalize it in the shortest possible time.
" You have to do a normal program on road safety in that region in a high level of accidents - Said Vladimir Miklushevsky . - Need to add another 244 million rubles to finance the program in 2013 ".
Employees, is developing a program, the Governor advised to consult the Ministry of Internal Affairs and consider the experience of other regions of Russia, which has a low failure rate.
" Such programs are not necessary if the accident rate on the edge of the road is not reduced "- Said Vladimir Miklushevsky .
Recall that in 2012 in the Primorsky Territory the number of road accidents that occurred due to violation of vehicle drivers of traffic has increased by 17.3 percent (from 3391 in 2011 to 3979 in 2012), and the number of deaths and injuries in them - by 4.3 per cent and 19 per cent respectively. The share of such accidents is 91.2 per cent.
Additionally, the number of accidents that have occurred because of violations of traffic rules by pedestrians, in 2012 increased by 4.8 percent (from 531 in 2011 to 557 in 2012) and reached the maximum in the last three years. The number of dead and wounded while pedestrians increased by 11.3 percent (from 97 in 2011 to 108 in 2012) and 6 percent (from 463 in 2011 to 491 in 2012).
The most common violations of pedestrians - crossing the roadway at an undisclosed location (40.9 percent of all such incidents), and is a pedestrian crossing (20.8 percent of all such events).
" The increase in the number of violations by pedestrians is because the transitions we are building is not where people walk. It's like a spring - had great difficulty to make the transition to build overhead where it was convenient for people "- Said Vladimir Miklushevsky .
The governor also noted the low level of primary medical care to victims in the accident.
" Necessary to create intermediate substation ambulance to the most emergency areas, for example based on Nadezhdinsky hospital or purchase sanaviatsii helicopter. It costs 300 million rubles. The need for additional car Emergency Medicine "- Said the director of the health department Oleg Bubnov .
Primorye Governor instructed the experts to develop a leasing scheme for the purchase of helicopters sanaviatsii to provide residents of the region promoted.
"I think it is necessary to buy a helicopter - the price of life is much higher. Also be equipped heliport "- Said Vladimir Miklushevsky .
