A meeting of a committee for the road safety held at the Government House of Tatarstan

On May 29, at the Government House of the republic, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov held a regular meeting of a government committee for the road safety via videoconference. 

Speaking at the meeting, Gafarov noted that the coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly affected the traffic. “Compared with the same period last year, there were much less cars on the roads in the last two months. This is due to a number of restrictive measures that were introduced in the republic. However, serious work still needs to be done to reduce road deaths,” he said.

Gafarov emphasized that, despite the difficulties in the economy, the republic has not reduced funding for measures to ensure road safety. Moreover, it was decided to allocate additional funds in a number of cities.

“The level of road safety depends on the effectiveness of our work, the work of the chairmen of committees at sites. It is all in our hands. I am sure we will improve this situation. We have our own forecast indicators, a vision for the situation and decisions made, which we must complete. This will give a positive result and will save the lives and health of our citizens,” Gafarov said.

Acting Head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tatarstan Alexander Razumnov reported on road accidents in the republic. He said that according to the results of four months of the current year, as many as 1019 accidents were recorded in Tatarstan, in which 81 people died and 1278 people were injured.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of accidents decreased by 107 accidents, the number of injured went up by 149 people, with an increase in the number of deaths by 7 people. “The situation with road safety is complicated in general in Russia. With a decrease in the number of accidents and injured, an increase in the number of deaths was recorded,” Razumnov said.