ROAD SAFETY WEEK HAS STARTED IN UKRAINE. VIDEO
A round table on the launch of the 2nd stage of Road Safety Week in Ukraine was held on November 13 at the “UKRINFORM” news agency, involving the representatives of relevant government departments and structures, transport industry specialists and public representatives.
The organizers of the event were State Enterprise “Ukrainian Research Institute of Transport Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (Kyiv Interregional Branch), the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the International Charitable Foundation “Assistance to Victims of Road Accidents”.
As the Director of the separate division of the “Kyiv Interregional Branch” of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Research Institute of Transport Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Yurii Chornyi noted during his speech, the 2nd stage of the Road Safety Week in Ukraine will continue the topic of the 7th Global Road Safety Week, dedicated to rethinking mobility and creating comfortable and safe conditions for all road users. Despite the fact that Ukraine continues to overcome the difficulties related to the war, unfortunately, the problem of road injuries remains relevant. That’s why the events of the Week which will take place from November 13 to 19 in different regions of the country aimed at improving the situation with road accidents.
“We are very grateful to the regions and communities that have responded to spread the social advertising on safe transport and road behavior “Safe Country through the Eyes of Children” in the media, transport, outdoor advertising, public places, educational and cultural centers, educational institutions. These videos and photos were created by children themselves within the All-Ukrainian photo and video works competition “Safe Country”. In addition, the social advertising “Safe Country through the Eyes of Children” will be shown at “Kyivpastrans” and “Kyiv Metro” platforms. We thank everyone who supports the Road Safety Weeks in Ukraine and promotes safe road behaviour”, said Yurii Chornyi.
In addition to the events taking place in the country within the Road Safety Week, during the round table, experts in the field of transport and infrastructure discussed legislative initiatives on road safety; changes and innovations in transport safety, passenger and cargo transportations; improving road safety and the condition of road and infrastructure facilities, restoration of damaged ones; the statistics of road accidents and control over compliance with traffic rules; operation of Service Centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in conditions of martial law.
The participants of the round table were Volodymyr Kreidenko – MP of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Transport and Infrastructure; Oleksii Biloshytskyi – First Deputy Chief of the Department of Patrol Police of Ukraine; Yevhen Zborovsky – Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety; Serhii Vitvitskyi – Rector of the Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Police Colonel (via Zoom); Serhii Aleksandrov – the Head of Technical Regulation Division of the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine; Oleh Fedorenko – Deputy Director of the Department – Head of the Operational Maintenance Division of the Department of Roads of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine; Inna Olifirenko – director of the International Charitable Foundation “Assistance to Victims of Road Accidents”; Vasyl Briantsev – vice-president of the International Charitable Foundation “Assistance to Victims of Road Accidents”; Oleksii Baldin – Deputy Head of the Standardization Department of the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Roman Derkach – Expert Consultant to the Minister of Health, Chief Doctor of the SI “The Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics” by NAMS of Ukraine; Bohdan Tymchenko – Chief of the Traffic Management Improvement Service of the municipal enterprise “Center of Road Traffic Organization”.
Online broadcast on the agency’s website and on the Ukrinform YouTube channel.
We remind you that the Week’s events in Ukraine include:
- the international scientific and practical conference “Ensuring Road Safety: Global and Local Solutions”;
- round table “Topical issues of transport safety in conditions of martial law” for heads of transport companies, representatives of transport infrastructure Departments of regional state administrations and territorial communities;
- the final of the 6th All-Ukrainian photo and video works youth competition of the “Safe Country” national project;
- annual Unified lesson on rod safetyin educational institutions of the country;
- nationwide blood donation action “Give Blood to Save Lives” and others.
The General Action Plan of All-Ukrainian Road Safety Week.
We remind you that International Charitable Foundation “Assistance to Victims of Road Accidents” is a regular partner of the Kyiv Interregional Branch State Enterprise “Ukrainian Research Institute of Transport Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in holding events of Nationwide Road Safety Weeks, which are aimed at achieving the goals, set by the UN General Assembly as part of the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 worldwide.
