On February 17, at 5 p.m. in Polotsk, at the intersection of Yefrosinnya Polotskaya and Frantsyska Skaryny streets, a road traffic accident occurred.
On February 17, at 5 p.m. in Polotsk, at the intersection of Yefrosinnya Polotskaya and Frantsyska Skaryny streets, a road traffic accident occurred. The right rear wheel of a KAVZ school bus, owned by the Department of Education, Sports and Tourism of the Polotsk District Executive Committee, came off. The bus was carrying children at the time.
Since the vehicle's speed was not high, no one was injured, and the damage to the vehicle was minor.
The most likely cause of the incident was the loosening of the wheel nuts, which resulted in the studs breaking off. As practice shows, this most often happens due to the indifferent attitude of drivers to the condition of their buses, and due to weakened control by mechanics and engineers.
As a preventive measure against similar incidents, school buses were inspected. Yellow buses with orange flashing lights lined up in the parking lot in front of the RDK. The inspection was carried out by the inspector of the Road Traffic Safety Department of the District Department of Internal Affairs, police major Valery Leshchenok, transport inspection officers Vladimir Karasyov and Konstantin Kudayev, and the technical inspection station engineer Alexander Rishtovsky.
As is known, transport intended for carrying children must undergo technical inspection at least once every six months, and increased requirements are imposed on its technical condition. In general, the inspectors were satisfied with the condition of the buses, but some remarks were made. For example, the buses serving Borovskaya and Domzheritskaya secondary schools were recommended to be repainted.
In a brief conversation with the drivers, the inspectors spoke about the incident in Polotsk, reminded them of some traffic accidents in Lepel region, and urged them to monitor the condition of their vehicles even more closely and strictly adhere to traffic rules and regulations for carrying children. In turn, the drivers drew attention to the poor condition of gravel roads. Problems arise in some sections of rural roads during timber harvesting when the asphalt is contaminated with bark residue and damaged by heavy machinery.
The inspectors provided telephone numbers and asked the drivers to immediately inform them of any emergency situations on the roads.