ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND MORTALITY IN RUSSIA: 1956-2014*

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND MORTALITY IN RUSSIA: 1956-2014*

Journal Title: Демографическое обозрение - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 5

Abstract

The article provides an analysis of continuous statistical data on death rate from traffic accidents in Russia since 1956. The total number of fatalities in 1956-2014 exceeded 1.4 million. Growth of death rate from traffic accidents started in the 1970s, since the beginning of the 1990s lagging from the majority of developed countries has been observed. Death rate from traffic accidents in Russia in 2012 of about 85-95 percent are excessive in comparison with a number of European countries. Both present characteristics of the general level of motorization, and the main indicators of transport injury rate, such as death toll per a hundred thousand people, per 10 thousand vehicles or per mileage, demonstrate that Russia has lagged behind the Western countries in transport development for 40-50 years. In article also focuses on the history of including traffic accidents mortality indicators into the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death and the place of these indicators in the Russian statistics. The author considers gender and age features and tendencies of traffic accidents mortality in Russia, distinctions in death rate between different categories of road users (vehicle occupants and pedestrians) for the longest period possible. The international comparative studies are provided that allow understanding scales of Russian lagging and predict long-term unstable trends in death rate from traffic accidents. The author points out to the necessity of further scientific research into road and transport safety problems and the development of effective safety increasing programmemes in Russia aimed to overcome the lag.

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Тимур Фаттахов

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EP ID EP392241
DOI 10.17323/demreview.v3i5.7314
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