State Traffic Police Department of the Republic of Azerbaijan
On the measures taken in the field of provision of road traffic safety in 2018
29 January 2019-th
Guided by the requirements of the decisions, orders and instructions, as well as the work plans of the MIA of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a number of organizational and preventive measures were taken by Main STP Department of the MIA and its local divisions in the direction of provision of road traffic safety, protection of public order and strengthening of service discipline in the Republic in 2018.
During the year, the works done in the field of emergency situation, provision of road traffic safety in the Republic and its separate regions were summarized and analyzed, the results were summarized and their results were broadly discussed in the operational consultations held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel General Ramil Usubov with the managerial staff of territorial and regular divisions of the STP and the reports of the heads of the STP divisions on the condition of works done in the field of provision of traffic safety were listened.
In general, during the road traffic control process in 2018, 3.409.698 facts on violation of road traffic rules, including 8.113 facts on vehicle driving by drunken drivers, 1.690.044 facts on exceeding the speed limit, 151.760 facts on violation of the rules of overtaking, maneuvering and driving on the way of upcoming vehicle, 141.817 facts on violation of crossing out road crossings, 87.296 facts on violation of prohibitive traffic light signals and 10.636 facts on violation of passenger transportation rules were detected. The rights of 7.601 drivers were limited for different periods for the violation of traffic rules.
Over the past year, “Signal” IILI installed 40 traffic light facilities, put 15.124 road marks or replaced them with new ones, painted 2.998.226 m2 of roads and streets.
The employees of the Main department carried out reception of citizens, representatives of institutions and organizations on the registration, reregistration and unregistration of vehicles belonging to legal and physical entities, issuance of driver’s licenses, 31.040 vehicles were initially registered, 69.429 initial driver’s licenses were issued and the number of car parks in the Republic was 1.389.192.
Last year, 1817 road traffic incidents were recorded in the territory of the Republic, as a result, 722 people died and 1711 were injured. Compared to 2017, the number of road traffic incidents decreased by 16 facts (0,9%), the number of died people - by 28 people (3,7%), and the number of injured - by 8 people (0,5%).
619 road traffic incidents were recorded in Baku, as a result, 212 people died and 529 – were injured. Compared to 2017, the number of road traffic incidents decreased by 27 facts (4,2%), the number of injured people - by 23 (4,2%) and the number of died people increased by 5 people (2,4%).
During the reporting period in the service territory of MIA BSTPD Road Patrol Service Regiment, 131 road traffic incidents were recorded, 154 people died and 39 - were injured. Compared to 2017, the number of road traffic incidents decreased by 54 facts (29,2%), the number of died people – 69 people (30,9%), and the number of injured - 32 people (45,1%).
24,4% (443) of the road traffic accidents recorded on the Republic happened as a result of violation of the rules of overtaking and driving on the way of upcoming vehicle, 40% (727) - high speed driving of vehicles, 9,6% (174) - violation of rules on crossing out the road crossings and 2% (37) - drunken driving.
47,5% (863) of road traffic accidents were pedestrian hits, as a result, 345 pedestrians died and 575 - were injured. 104 road traffic accidents occurred as a result of violation of road traffic rules by pedestrians. 52 children and teenagers died and 171 – were injured as a result of road traffic accidents recorded on the Republic. In general, 552 people out of 722 killed by road traffic accidents recorded were men, 170 – were women, 1268 people out of 1711 injured were men and 443 were women.
Guided by the duties arising out of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, “On measures to strengthen the fight against crime, the lawfulness and the rules of law” dated 1994, with the other services of the police, 2 automatic rifles, 2 hunting guns and 184 different calibrated cartridge were detected by the employees of the STP during the reporting period.
In 2018, in the searching process with the database during the registration of motor vehicles in Registration-examination Department of BSTPD and Regional registration-examination and technical inspection departments, 8 cars were caught, as well as 2060 facts on the incompatibility of aggregate numbers with registration documents, 184 facts on fraudulent document, 3 facts on false power of attorney, 6 facts on false state license plate were detected and sent to investigatory bodies for investigation of materials.
In 2018, with other police services, more than 28 kilograms of narcotic substance (including 25 kg and 030 gr of opium, 363,082 gr of heroin, 3 kg and 245 g of marijuana, 0.417 gr of methadone) were detected on 40 facts.
In 2018, the Main department received information on theft and abduction of 197 vehicles, of which 179 were found.
The Main STP Department of the MIA of the Republic of Azerbaijan continues its activities in the field of provision of traffic safety and protection of public order, basing on the board decisions, orders and instructions of the MIA of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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