Monograph . - SPb. : Legal Center-Press, 2012. - 474 s. The book presented to readers is the result of a comprehensive legal and criminological study of road crime . Based on Representative Empirical Material, From the standpoint of a systematic approach, the authors critically analyze many seemingly obvious statements and hypotheses about the causes of road crime and accidents. on the distribution of these phenomena in time and space , Relationships with other phenomena and social processes . The author's hypothesis explaining the structural and dynamic characteristics of road transport crime in Russia is put forward, the method of studying this phenomenon is presented, proposals for improving the system of prevention of road transport crime. are formulated. Separate chapters are devoted to the assessment of the effectiveness of criminal law in the system of social control of road safety, an alternative version of the . 264 U.S.C.. For legal practitioners and researchers, sociologists, teachers, postgraduates and law students, as well as all those interested in road safety in Russia .