WHAT IS THE PRICE OF A LIFE CUT SHORT ON THE ROAD AND WHY SHOULD THE STATE COUNT IT?

For 30 years of independence, almost 180 thousand people have died in road accidents. A second front has been opened in the country for a long time.

“In Ukraine, the level of deaths and injuries as a result of road traffic accidents is one of the highest in Europe, and the level of road safety maintenance remains extremely low.” – that is what experts from WHO, the World Bank and other international institutions have repeatedly emphasized in their reports.

For more information on approaches to the methodology for analyzing economic costs in connection with the death or health injury due to road accidents, please check via the link article by Sergii Koziakov and Mikhail Berlin, Ph.D. Head of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Road Safety.