Methodology for reducing road traffic accidents involving children in the Republic of Uzbekistan

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• Insufficient use of modem information technologies (video surveillance, navigation systems, mobile applications, etc.) in ensuring child road safety.

Thus, there is an urgent need in Uzbekistan to develop and implement a scientifically grounded, comprehensive methodology aimed at the systematic and sustainable reduction of child-involved RTAs, with a focus on prevention, education, infrastructural modernization, and digital control.

For the effective organization of road traffic and ensuring its safety, it is extremely important to develop road infrastructure in accordance with modem requirements, widely implement information and communication technologies in the sector, and use them efficiently. This will significantly increase the safety of all road users, including children. Today, this issue is one of the most urgent and pressing.

To achieve these goals, the Government of the country has repeatedly outlined targeted objectives and approved a number of regulatory documents defining priority development areas [1]. Currently, large-scale reforms are being implemented within the framework of the sector's prospective development.

For example, under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, a video conference was held on July 9, 2025, to discuss measures for ensuring road safety, improving infrastructure, and reducing traffic congestion.

In recent years, 61 trillion soms have been allocated for road construction and repair—3.5 times more than the funding levels before 2017.

The practice of automatic violation detection and decision-making using artificial intelligence has been introduced [2].

According to the results of a scientific research analysis conducted by the Road Traffic Safety Service of the Public Safety Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 46 accident-prone sites were identified across the country, 42 of which have already been eliminated. The causes of these sites were usually unlit pedestrian crossings, dangerous turns, and the absence of protective barriers on roads.