Traffic accidents in the agro-industrial complex and other structures of the classification of economic activities: state, consequences and theoretical and practical ways to reduce and eliminate them

The results on the state of road accidents in the agro-industrial complex and other structures of the classification of economic activities of the country are presented. Transportation in the agro-industrial complex is accompanied by an accident with serious consequences. An analysis of the data on the annual number of road accidents over the past 34 years has noted an unstable dynamics; according to the same pattern, the number of fatally injured and injured in road accidents also changes in the same years. This is the result of a number of reasons and circumstances of subjective and objective nature. Typical of them are those that belong to a person (professionalism, discipline, prompt response to a constantly dynamically changing situation on the road while driving, constant orientation in the situation and anticipation of possible situations, etc.). The analysis showed that there are reserves for reducing accidents in all components. Analyzing the causes of the accident, it was found that they have been stable for decades: they include driving into the oncoming lane, collisions, overturning, hitting an an obstacle, a pedestrian, speeding, insufficient driver control of the condition of the vehicle and the cargo being transported. In a significant part of road accidents (more than 70%), the driver of the vehicle is the culprit. The main reserves for reducing the number of accidents are: the human factor (averaged about 75%); insufficient equipment of vehicle structures with innovative solutions to prevent accidents. Currently, insufficient attention is paid to the scientific aspects of the problems of accident prevention, the non-use of achieved solutions to prevent accidents in practice. Based on the conducted research and taking the agroindustrial complex as an example, a nomenclature of countering accidents is proposed with the possibility of their dynamic reduction and transition to practical elimination over the next 5-6 years by scientific substantiation of engineering and technical solutions for innovative methods and means of safety, partial automation of transport management processes (duplication of driver actions in the direction of compliance with their requirements of Traffic Rules), staffing to improve road problems.