{"id":143381,"date":"2025-06-20T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143381\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"child-casualties-in-road-accidents-soared-57-percent-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143381\/","title":{"rendered":"Child casualties in road accidents soared 57 percent in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/medvezhonok_igrushka_na_doroge_pickpik_com_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pickpik.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Twenty-two children died in road traffic accidents in Belarus last year, 57 percent more than in 2023, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All regions, except Minsk and the Minsk region, posted increases in child casualties, with the Mahilo\u016d region leading the trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk did not post any child deaths on the roads last year, while the number for the Minsk region decreased from seven to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dtp_mvd.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Three die in car crashes involving unlicenced drivers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 8, Pozirk. A teenager was killed in a car accident in the Homiel region&#039;s \u017dytkavi\u010dy district last night, the interior ministry&#039;s press office reported. A 20-year-old driver without a driving license lost control of the vehicle on a bend &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/141860\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 20, Pozirk. Twenty-two children died in road traffic accidents in Belarus last year, 57 percent more than in 2023, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. All regions, except Minsk and the Minsk region, posted increases in child casualties, with the Mahilo\u016d region leading the trend. 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