Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law of the Law on Road Traffic

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The following key concepts are used in this Law:

1) the emergency call system for accidents and disasters (hereinafter referred to as the emergency call system) is a state automated digital system that operates using signals and data from navigation satellite systems and provides formalized information about traffic accidents and other emergency situations on the roads of the Republic of Kazakhstan to emergency operational services.

2) a motorway is a road that has been specially built or reconstructed in accordance with a project for the movement of vehicles, which does not serve the roadside properties. Access to it is possible only from other roads via interchanges at different levels. This road:has separate carriageways for traffic in different directions, separated from each other by a median strip that is not intended for traffic;

It has no at‑grade intersections with other roads, railway and tram tracks, and pedestrian paths;

It is specifically designated as a motorway.

3) a car is a mechanical means of transport designed to move along roads and transport people, cargo, or equipment mounted on it, or to tow vehicles designed to transport people, cargo, or equipment mounted on it along roads, including trolleybuses. This definition does not apply to tractors and self‑propelled machines;

4) a special‑purpose vehicle is a means of transport designed to transport and (or) escort protected persons.

5) stop – the deliberate cessation of movement of a vehicle for a period of up to five minutes or for a longer time, if necessary for boarding or disembarking passengers, loading or unloading the vehicle;

6) 6) bicycle – a vehicle having two or more wheels and driven by the muscular power of the people on it;

7) bike path – a separate road or part of the road intended for the movement of bicycles and marked with an appropriate sign. The bicycle path is structurally separated from other roads or from other elements of the same road;

8) bicycle lane – a strip of the roadway intended for bicycle traffic. The bicycle lane is separated from the rest of the roadway by longitudinal road markings and special signs;

9) populated area – a built‑up territory whose entrances and exits are marked with appropriate signs;

10) a pedestrian is a person who is outside a vehicle on the road and is not performing any work on it. Individuals who are moving in wheelchairs for people with disabilities, who are leading a bicycle, an electric scooter, a small electric vehicle, a moped, a motorcycle, or who are pulling a sled, cart, or baby carriage are considered pedestrians.

10-1) a separately designated path is a lane intended exclusively for the movement of public transport, including light rail transport. A separately designated path is separated from the rest of the roadway by means of horizontal road markings and road signs;

11) a road is the entire land right‑of‑way or the surface of an artificial structure, arranged or adapted and used for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians in accordance with the procedure established by this Law. A road includes one or more carriageways, as well as tram tracks, sidewalks, shoulders, and median strips, if any;

12) passenger – a person who is on (in) a vehicle and is not driving it;

13) road traffic is a set of social relations that arise in the process of moving people and goods by means of vehicles or without them within the boundaries of roads;

14) rules of the road – a regulatory legal act establishing a uniform traffic procedure, the purpose and operation of technical and other means of organizing traffic in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

15) a road user is a person who directly participates in road traffic as a pedestrian, passenger, or driver;

16) road safety is the state of road traffic that reflects the degree of protection of its participants from road traffic accidents and their consequences, as well as from the negative impact of road traffic on the environmental situation and public health.

17) road traffic safety – activities aimed at preventing road traffic accidents, reducing the negative impact of road traffic on the environment and public health, mitigating the severity of their consequences, and eliminating such consequences;

18) the authorized body for road traffic safety (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body) – the central executive body and its territorial units in the regions, cities of republican significance, and the capital, which exercise leadership within the scope ofope of

19) repealed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.10.2018 No. 184‑VI (entered into force six months after the date of its first official publication);

20) road traffic management is a set of organizational and legal, regulatory and methodological, design and survey, organizational and technical, control and supervisory, administrative and other measures for managing road traffic.

20-1) technical means of traffic management – a set of devices, structures and images used on roads to ensure road safety and increase road capacity;

21) risk management system in the field of road traffic – an administrative system that ensures effective planning and control measures, based on the principles of selectivity and optimal allocation of resources to the most priority areas of control activities;

22) roadway – the part of the road used for the movement of vehicles.

23) road owners – individuals or legal entities that are the owners of roads or carry out road management activities on the basis of economic management or operational management rights;

24) traffic accident – an event that occurs during the movement of a vehicle along a road and involves that vehicle, resulting in harm to health, death, damage to vehicles, structures, cargo, or other material damage.

24-1) simplified documentation of a traffic accident – the preparation of documents regarding a traffic accident without the participation of employees of the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cases established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Compulsory Insurance of Civil Liability of Vehicle Owners”;

25) driver – a person who operates a vehicle, a drover leading livestock, a herd, pack, draft, or riding animals along the road. A driving instructor during the educational process is considered to be a driver.

26) a driver’s license is a document confirming the right to drive a vehicle of the corresponding category. A driver’s license also includes a document issued in replacement of a seized or lost one for the period established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, provided that the owner of the driver’s license has a document confirming their identity.

26-1) an intelligent transport system is a set of interconnected automated systems that ensure management, monitoring and control of road traffic and the transportation of passengers, luggage, cargo and postal items, as well as technical means that detect or record violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on road traffic and road transport, operating in automatic mode.

27) a unified transport document management system is a digital system that ensures the registration, accounting, processing and storage of documents related to the transportation of passengers, baggage, cargo and postal items in the field of road transport, and the transmission of formalized information about such documents to the relevant authorized state bodies and participants in the transportation process in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on road transport.

27-1) the administrator of electronic vehicle passport systems (vehicle chassis passports) and electronic passports of self–propelled vehicles and other types of equipment (hereinafter referred to as the administrator of electronic passport systems) is an organization designated by the Eurasian Economic Commission charged with coordinating the design of electronic vehicle passport systems (vehicle chassis passports) and electronic passports of self–propelled vehicles and other types of equipment, including commissioning, operation, performance optimization, access assurance and control, security, monitoring of technical support issues for these systems, interaction with system participants and authorities, the inclusion of new participants in these systems, as well as the initiation of measures necessary to harmonize the legislation of the Member States Of the Eurasian Economic Union in the field of the functions of these systems;

27-2) The system of electronic vehicle passports (vehicle chassis passports) and electronic passports for self‑propelled machines and other types of equipment (hereinafter referred to as the electronic passport system) is a structured complex that includes computing and communication equipment, software, linguistic tools, digital resources, system personnel, and participants and users interacting in accordance with the rules established in this system, as well as the digital technology for performing the established functions of this system.

27-3) the national operator (national administrator) of the system of electronic vehicle passports (vehicle chassis passports) and electronic passports for self‑propelled machines and other types of equipment (hereinafter –

28) a vehicle (including an unmanned vehicle) is a device designed to transport people, goods, or equipment mounted on it along roads;

28-1) initial registration of a vehicle is the state registration of a vehicle carried out for the first time on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

29) the owner of a vehicle is the owner of the vehicle, as well as a person who owns the vehicle on the basis of the right of economic management or the right of operational management, or on any other lawful basis (the right of lease, an order of the relevant authority transferring the vehicle to this person). A person who operates a vehicle in the course of performing their official or employment duties, including on the basis of an employment or civil law contract with the owner or other owner of the vehicle, or on the basis of their expression of will without formalizing the transaction in writing, is not considered the owner of the vehicle.

29-1) the average speed of a vehicle is the speed determined by dividing the length of the public road section of international or republican significance traveled by the vehicle by the time interval during which this distance was covered.

29-2) vehicle passport (vehicle chassis passport) – a passport issued for motor vehicles intended for movement on public roads, equipped with an internal combustion engine with a displacement of more than fifty cubic centimeters or an electric engine (electric engines) with a maximum (total) power of more than four kilowatts and (or) a maximum design speed of more than fifty kilometers per hour, and their trailers (a passport issued for the vehicle chassis in the event that the chassis is supplied to consumers).

Add subparagraph 29-3) to read as follows:

“29-3) an electronic vehicle passport (vehicle chassis passport) – a vehicle passport (vehicle chassis passport) issued in the system of electronic vehicle passports (vehicle chassis passports);”

30) State registration of a vehicle is a procedure for allowing a vehicle to participate in road traffic, carried out by an authorized body after verifying that the documents comply with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, checking the vehicle’s identification numbers, issuing a vehicle registration certificate, and assigning a state registration plate.

31) A certificate of state registration of a vehicle is a document confirming that a vehicle is allowed to participate in road traffic.

32) Active vehicle safety is the set of design and operational properties of vehicles aimed at preventing traffic accidents and eliminating the prerequisites for their occurrence, which are related to the design features of the vehicle.

33) Passive vehicle safety is the set of design and operational characteristics of vehicles aimed at reducing the severity of traffic accidents.

34) the authorized body in the field of transport is the central executive body responsible for managing the field of road transport, as well as, within the limits provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for inter‑sectoral coordination;

35) the region of activity is the territory defined by the authorized body in the field of transport, where stationary technical inspection lines are not available;

36) the state report is an annual report on the state of road safety.

37) a state registration plate is an item that is the property of the state and contains an individual alphanumeric designation assigned to a motor vehicle and manufactured in accordance with the requirements of the national standard. This concept applies to “Transit” license plates;

38) a motor vehicle is a self‑propelled road vehicle driven by an engine, with the exception of electric scooters, small electric vehicles, and rail vehicles. The concept also applies to tractors and self‑propelled machines when they are involved in road traffic;

39) operation of a motor vehicle is a stage in the life cycle of a motor vehicle, which includes its use for its intended purpose from the moment of its state registration until the moment of its disposal;

40) the unified digital system for mandatory technical inspection of motor vehicles and their trailers is a digital database containing information about the owners of motor vehicles and their trailers, motor vehicles and their trailers, and the results of mandatory technical inspections.

40-1) The operator of the unified digital system for mandatory technical inspection of motor vehicles and their trailers is a joint‑stock company designated by the authorized body in the field of transport, which is responsible for maintaining, developing, integrating and supporting the unified digital system for mandatory technical inspection of motor vehicles and their trailers.

41) A moped is a two‑ or three‑wheeled motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine with an engine capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimetres, or an electric motor, and having a maximum design speed of no more than fifty kilometres per hour. 42) a motorcycle is a two‑wheeled mechanical vehicle with or without a side trailer, equipped with an engine. Three‑ and four‑wheeled vehicles whose unladen weight does not exceed four hundred kilograms, scooters with a cylinder volume exceeding fifty cubic centimeters, and other vehicles with similar characteristics are considered motorcycles.

43) mandatory technical inspection – a periodic process of diagnosing the technical condition of motor vehicles and their trailers to ensure compliance with the requirements established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

43-1) training carriageway – a specially equipped, fenced area for training in practical vehicle driving skills, including elements (exercises) that simulate road traffic conditions, equipped with road markings, road signs and other technical means of traffic organization in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.

44) parking – a vehicle parking area, which is a section of a road organized in accordance with regulatory legal acts approved in the manner established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

44-1) parking space – a specially designated area (internal driveways of residential complexes), a part of a building or structure (underground and multi‑level parking lots) or a place for stopping and (or) parking a vehicle, including outside of roads;

44-2) a passport for self‑propelled machinery and other types of equipment is a passport issued for tractors, self‑propelled road construction, utility, and agricultural machines, and other ground‑based non‑rail mechanical vehicles (excluding motor vehicles intended for use on public roads and having a maximum design speed of more than fifty kilometres per hour) and their trailers, provided they have an internal combustion engine with a displacement of more than fifty cubic centimetres or an electric motor (electric motors) with a maximum (total) power of more than four kilowatts.

44-3) an electronic passport for a self‑propelled vehicle and other types of equipment – a passport for a self‑propelled vehicle and other types of equipment issued in the system of electronic passports for self‑propelled vehicles and other types of equipment;

45) a parking lot – an area consisting of a specially equipped building (part of a building), structure (part of a structure), including a single‑ or multi‑level engineering structure, or a special open area intended for storing (parking) vehicles and organized in accordance with regulatory legal acts;

46) register of technical inspection operators – a single list of technical inspection operators; - Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

47) technical inspection operator – a legal entity or individual entrepreneur engaged in mandatory technical inspection activities and authorized to operate technical inspection operators;

48) technical inspection center – a complex designed to perform work on diagnosing the technical condition of motor vehicles and trailers to them, having a stationary and (or) mobile technical inspection line for these purposes.;

49) a diagnostic certificate for a technical inspection is a document containing information about the owner and the motor vehicle and its trailers, along with a list of parameters describing the technical condition of the motor vehicle and its trailers, and the results of the mandatory technical inspection;

50) a stationary technical inspection line is a complex equipped with diagnostic equipment for motor vehicles and their trailers for conducting mandatory technical inspections, located in a building or structure.

51) a mobile technical inspection line is a mobile complex consisting of a special vehicle or a mobile structure (of a container type) equipped with diagnostic equipment for mechanical vehicles and their trailers to carry out mandatory technical inspection;

52) a stop is the intentional cessation of vehicle movement for a period of more than five minutes for reasons not related to boarding or

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 17, 2014 No. 194-V SAM.

The article was amended and supplemented by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 24, 2026, No. 326-VIII SAM

This Law establishes the legal basis and general conditions for the functioning of road traffic and ensuring its safety in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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Republic of Kazakhstan

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