Every second road traffic accident in the Vitebsk region in 2010 was related to a collision with a pedestrian

January 11, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Every second traffic accident in the Vitebsk region in 2010 was related to hitting pedestrians or cyclists. This was announced today at a press conference by the head of the traffic police department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, Sergey Motorenok, reports a BELTA correspondent. Over the past year, 324 such accidents were recorded in the region, with 84 people killed. Of these, 78 accidents occurred at pedestrian crossings, and 7 at public transport stops. The largest number of pedestrians died in Vitebsk and Orsha, Vitebsk, Orsha, Gluboksky, Polotsk, and Tolochin districts, noted Sergey Motorenok, adding that in 60% of cases, the cause of traffic accidents was the violation of traffic rules by pedestrians themselves. In total, 779 accidents occurred on the region's roads in 2010. Drivers were found guilty in 568 of them (73% of the total), and pedestrians in 191 (27%). 92 drivers were intoxicated at the time of the accidents. 73 traffic accidents involving children occurred (an increase of 21.7% compared to 2009), in which 5 minors were killed and 75 were injured. The most accident-prone time of day was the interval from 4 PM to 8 PM. This period accounted for 250 traffic accidents (32%). And the most accident-prone days were Saturday and Friday. These days accounted for 131 and 127 traffic accidents, respectively. The most favorable road situation last year was observed in Novopolotsk, Dokshitsky, Miorsky districts, and the Zheleznodorozhny district of Vitebsk. -0-