According to the traffic police data, over the past six months
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