Comparative analysis of injury rates on the roads of the Irkutsk region in 2022–2023

Abstract

The article compares the values of transport and social risks for Russia, the Irkutsk region and the Krasnoyarsk region, showing that the planned reduction in social risk (4 fatalities in road accidents per 100 thousand people) is unlikely to be achieved. The reduction in social risk in Russia and the Krasnoyarsk region by 1,21 and 1,15 times, respectively, compared to 2018 is encouraging. The road injury rates for the objects under consideration are given, demonstrating its growth. A detailed analysis of the statistics of injury rates on the roads of the Irkutsk region has been carried out, and its causes have been established. 87,93% of road accidents occurred due to violation of traffic rules by drivers, in which 87,67 % of people died and 91,05 % were injured. In this case, drivers of vehicles are the first to suffer (42,5 % were injured, 38,1 % died), the second are passengers (32,0 % were injured, 40,4 % died), while the third are pedestrians (19,5 % were injured, 19,5 % died). On Fridays and weekends, the indicators of road accidents have the highest values, which is most likely due to the increase in the intensity of road traffic due to trips of city residents to nature, the country houses, visiting. The most traumatic period was the time from 16.00 to 20.00. The most traumatic month of the year is October (the maximum number of accidents, fatalities, injuries, severity of consequences is 10,40 %).