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Aleksey An. Maksurov - Candidate of Law, P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University

Abstract. The current paper has considered the specifics of accidents in water transport. There has been established the complexity and some uncertainty of the very concept of a transport accident. The paper has presented the analysis of the essential features of transport accidents in general and accidents in water transport. According to the author, the concept of a transport incident is associated with the general problem of ensuring transport safety. There has been made a conclusion on the necessity to clarify these concepts, in connection with which there have been proposed the necessary legislation changes. There has been studied a relationship between the concepts of “traffic accident” and “accident”. According to the study results, there is a special understanding of the accident in transport law, which is not reducible to a transport accident as a category.

Keywords: traffic accident; traffic accident in water; national security; transport security; accident; river boat; sea vessel; vehicles.

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