The most dangerous ride in the West country.
The national police of Ukraine transferred the emergency highway in the country in the first months of 2016.
The situation on the roads of Ukraine openly challenging: according to official data, currently the number of registered accidents is more than 84 000 events, which is 17% higher than a year earlier. Every fifth road accident victims.
Most often accidents happen on the roads of Vinnytsia, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Rivne and Ternopil regions, where the number of road accidents increased from 1.5 to 2 times. Across the country, the number of accidents in which people suffered since the beginning of the year increased by almost 30%.
According to the interior Ministry, road accidents are daily killed 12 people, thus, every year accidents claim the lives of 4.5 million motorists and pedestrians. In addition, traffic accidents cause injuries to 32 thousand people.
According to the world health organization (who), in Ukraine the level of mortality rate is 12 per 100 thousand population, twice the average of EU countries. To stabilize the situation, from 8 August to 12 September Natspolitsiya will hold a month-long road safety.
