Categories: business

The world Bank has estimated losses of Ukraine from traffic accidents

Ukraine is losing billions of dollars due to accidents.

The Ukrainian economy loses more than $ 4 billion a year in road accidents.

On Thursday during the First international Congress on reform of management system of road safety said the first Deputy Minister of infrastructure Evgeny Kravtsov.

“According to official data, Ukraine for the last 6 years in the accident were lost more than 26 thousand citizens. The world Bank estimates losses of Ukrainian economy from the dead and injured (in an accident – ed.) are more than 4 billion dollars a year. This is an extremely large amount which has a value at the state level. This is an extremely large effect on the economy of Ukraine”, – said Kravtsov.

According to him, in the direction of improvement was carried out serious work, in particular, approved the Strategy for improving road safety in Ukraine for the period until 2020.

© 2017, paradox. All rights reserved.

paradox

Share
Published by
paradox

Recent Posts

Some EU states still consider Russia ‘good friend’ – Borrell

The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has admitted that not every member state agrees to…

8 hours ago

WATCH Russian forces destroy US-made armor

Russia’s Defense Ministry has published a video clip from the front line with Ukraine showing…

17 hours ago

Trump considers pressuring NATO states to spend more on defense – media

Donald Trump is eyeing plans to push the NATO members to ramp up defense spending…

1 day ago

Trump pays fine for gag order violations

Former US President Donald Trump paid the $9,000 fine for violating a gag order imposed…

1 day ago

America’s top spy warns of ‘Russian military breakthrough’

Russian forces are steadily advancing in the Ukraine conflict, the US Director of National Intelligence,…

2 days ago

Runaway ice cream truck crashes into crowd of kids (VIDEO)

An out-of-control ice cream truck rolled down a slope and crashed into a group of…

2 days ago