The roads have been named where the most traffic accidents occur in the Sverdlovsk region and in Yekaterinburg.
In the Sverdlovsk region, there has been an increase in the number of fatalities in accidents on federal and regional roads. The most alarming situation is developing on the routes "Yekaterinburg - Tyumen" and the section of the M-12 "Vostok" highway from Achit to Yekaterinburg.
Thus, on the federal highway "Yekaterinburg - Tyumen," 17 road traffic accidents were registered, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. This is a 40% increase compared to the same period last year.
On the section of the M-12 "Vostok" highway (Achit - Yekaterinburg), 10 accidents occurred, an increase of 42.8%. In these accidents, 4 people died, whereas in 2025 there were no fatalities on this section.
Among the most accident-prone regional roads are the routes "Yekaterinburg - Rezh - Alapaevsk," where 6 people died in 13 accidents, as well as the Yekaterinburg ring road, where 10 accidents occurred with 4 fatalities.
The main causes of traffic accidents remain non-compliance with speed limits relative to specific road conditions, which accounts for one in three incidents, and crossing into oncoming traffic, which is involved in one in five accidents, with every second participant dying in such accidents. A significant portion also consists of pedestrian collisions, which account for one in four accidents.
Sections with the highest concentration of traffic incidents have been identified at the 42nd kilometer of the "Yekaterinburg - Shadrinsk - Kurgan" road, at the 43rd kilometer of the "Yekaterinburg - Tyumen" highway, and in Yekaterinburg at the intersections of Malyshev Street - Sacco and Vanzetti, Vostochnaya - Malyshev, as well as on the section of Moskovskaya Street near house No. 218.
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The roads have been named where the most traffic accidents occur in the Sverdlovsk region and in Yekaterinburg.
In the Sverdlovsk region, an increase in the number of fatalities in accidents on federal and regional highways has been recorded. The most alarming situation is developing on the routes "Yekaterinburg - Tyumen" and on the section of the M-12 "Vostok" highway from Achit to Yekaterinburg.