The key facts

  • The accident occurred on October 9 at around 13:00 at the 14th km of the 4K-560 road in the Pakhtachi district of the Samarkand region.
  • According to the UVD, the Cobalt driver swerved left to avoid hitting a cyclist, lost control and collided with the electric scooter.
  • Two people died: according to Kun.uz, a 57-year-old woman and her two-year-old grandson; the scooter driver is in critical condition in hospital. A criminal case has been opened.

Circumstances of the accident

On October 9, at around 13:00, in the Pakhtachi district of the Samarkand region, at the 14th kilometer of the 4K-560 road within the territory of the 'Mirkon' citizens' gathering, a traffic accident involving a Cobalt car and an electric scooter occurred. This was reported by the UVD of the Samarkand region. According to the department, the Cobalt driver was traveling in the Mirkon — Misit direction and, in order not to hit a cyclist who suddenly rode out from the right, turned the wheel to the left. He lost control, drove into the oncoming lane and collided with the electric scooter, which was moving along the left edge of the roadway in the same direction.

The dead and the injured

According to the UVD, one passenger of the electric scooter died at the scene, while the driver and another passenger were hospitalized; despite the medical assistance provided, the passenger died in hospital. Kun.uz, citing its sources, specifies that the scooter was driven by a man who was accompanied by his 57-year-old wife and two-year-old grandson: the woman and the child died, and the driver himself was hospitalized in critical condition. The publication gives the initials of the victims — S.A. and Kh.Kh.

Investigation and statistics

According to Gazeta.uz, a criminal case has been opened by the investigative department of the UVD of the Pakhtachi district over the incident, and initial investigative actions are underway. The UVD urged drivers to keep their distance, observe the speed limit and traffic rules. According to data cited by Kun.uz, in the first nine months of 2026, 563 traffic accidents involving mopeds and scooters occurred in Uzbekistan, in which 89 people died and 488 were injured. The publication also recalls an earlier incident in the Mirzo Ulugbek... in the Mirabad district of Tashkent, where a 21-year-old motorcyclist, failing to keep his distance, first crashed into a GAZ 5312 truck, then into a Kia K5, and died in intensive care.