title: Sustainable Improvement of Road Safety in Russian Cities: General Trends and the Dialectical Contradictions in the Structure of Risks of Fatalities in Road Traffic Accidents
abstract: The purpose of this article is to present new empirical data on the trends in improvement of road safety in Russian cities and to structure the nature of risks of fatalities in road traffic accidents. This study examined both the general trends in risks of fatal traffic accidents and the dynamics over time (2015–2023) of the structure of such risks. The research was conducted for four groups of Russian cities, differentiated by population size. The final conclusion of the study is the statement 
journal: Journal of Sustainability Research