Implementation in Ukraine of the state policy to reduce the severity of the consequences of road accidents

Abstract

The article deals with the implementation of state policy in Ukraine to reduce the severity of the consequences of road accidents. It is stated that the foundations of state policy are laid down in state programs, plans and strategic documents. The key directions of road safety are contained in legal acts that reflect strategic, perspective, short-term and long-term plans for achieving the goal. Such documents are the State Program for Improving Road Safety in Ukraine and the Strategy for Improving Road Safety in Ukraine. It is noted that some of the measures and directions adopted for the new term of the State Program and Strategy remain unchanged, but their definition is being improved from year to year and becomes less declarative. The analysis of the effectiveness of legislative changes to strengthen responsibility for driving while intoxicated is carried out. The conclusion is made that the state policy in the field of road safety, in particular, to reduce the severity of the consequences of road accidents, has sufficient regulatory and legal consolidation. Strategic and program documents contain specific measures and directions of road safety, but there is no statistics on the effectiveness of the measures taken, analysis of costs for each item and miscalculations, as well as their critical assessment. A number of proposals were made that will contribute to more effective implementation of the state policy to reduce the severity of road accidents. These are: improvement of the system of collecting information on road accidents, its processing, research and analysis in order to develop and implement effective preventive measures; assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the measures implemented to determine the priority of funding; conducting a sound economic assessment of the cost of life, health and damage to the economy from road accidents.