According to the traffic police data, over the past six months, the… (велосипедист · авария · вырасти)
According to the traffic police data, over the past six months, the number of accidents involving personal mobility means (such as electric scooters and monowheels) increased by 32.4%, while those involving tractors and other self-propelled vehicles rose by 13.6%, and bus-related accidents saw a 9% increase.
Consensus
- The number of traffic accidents involving cyclists increased by 24.2% in the first half of 2026.
- A total of 2,900 traffic accidents involving cyclists occurred during this period.
- 123 people died and 2,800 were injured in these accidents.
- The number of accidents involving personal mobility devices (e.g., electric scooters) increased by 32.4%.
- Accidents involving tractors and other self-propelled machines rose by 13.6%.
- Accidents involving buses increased by 9%.
Points of divergence
- The number of accidents with cyclists in Moscow was 302, and seven people died; in St. Petersburg, there were 265 accidents and five deaths. — fontanka
- Moscow had 302 incidents, St. Petersburg had 265, Krasnodar Krai had 169, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast had 131, and Krasnoyarsk Krai had 93; the number of fatalities in Krasnodar Krai was 8, Moscow had 7, Vladimirskaya Oblast had 6, St. Petersburg had 5, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast had 5. — kommersant
- A group of over twenty cyclists traveling at high speed on the Big Prospect of Petrograd Side in St. Petersburg hit a woman at a pedestrian crossing; she was hospitalized. — fontanka
- On Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, a cyclist struck an elderly man on a pedestrian crossing, and the man retaliated by hitting the cyclist in the face. — fontanka
- Due to fuel shortages at gas stations, many city residents are switching from cars to alternative transport; the head of Stavropol Krai urged officials to switch to bicycles to save gasoline. — fontanka
Coverage (2 sources)
- Cyclists Catch Up with Scooter Riders; Number of Accidents Involving Non-Petrol Users Surges in Russia — Фонтанка
- Accidents involving cyclists in Russia increased by 25% — Коммерсантъ