MOSCOW, September 15 (RAPSI) – The number of criminal cases over road traffic accidents has dropped by 22% in the last three years in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Friday.

Most of these crimes have been committed in Moscow and the Moscow region, Krasnodar and the Krasnodar region, and as the Rostov region. The most careful drivers are residing in the Republic of Ingushetia, the Magadan region, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Chukotka Autonomous District, the statement reads.

The number of persons heavily injured in car accidents decreased by 10% while the death toll dropped by 19.4%.