Road traffic accidents claimed 11 lives in March 2022

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release | Statistics on road traffic accidents 2022, March

According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, 136 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in March. In them, 11 persons were killed and 166 persons injured. The number of persons killed was one higher and that of persons injured nine lower than in March 2021. The data were compared with the previous year's preliminary data.

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  • There were 136 road traffic accidents resulting to personal injury in March 2022.
  • Road traffic accidents caused the death of 11 and injury of 166 persons.
  • Of the persons who were killed, nine travelled by passenger car and one by lorry. Furthermore, one pedestrian was killed.
  • Among those who died, nine were men and two were women.

A total of 530 road traffic accidents involving personal injury happened in January to March period in 2022. In them, 32 persons were killed and 672 persons injured. The number of persons killed was two lower and that of persons injured 77 higher than in the corresponding period of 2021. Of the persons who were killed, 27 travelled by passenger car and one by lorry. Pedestrians killed numbered four.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on road traffic accidents [online publication].
Reference period: 2022, March. ISSN=2342-3846. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 5.11.2025].
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