Road traffic accidents claimed 12 lives in April 2022

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release | Statistics on road traffic accidents 2022, April

According to preliminary data of Statistics Finland, 183 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in April. In them, 12 persons were killed and 240 persons injured. The number of persons killed was four lower and that of persons injured 15 higher than in April 2021. The data were compared with the previous year's preliminary data

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  • There were 183 road traffic accidents resulting to personal injury in April 2022.
  • Road traffic accidents caused the death of 12 and injury of 240 persons.
  • Of the persons who were killed, eight travelled by passenger car and one by bicycle. Furthermore, three pedestrians were killed.
  • Among those who died, nine were men and three were women.

A total of 718 road traffic accidents involving personal injury happened in January to April period. In them, 45 persons were killed and 921 persons injured. The number of persons killed was five lower and that of persons injured 96 higher than in the corresponding period of 2021. Of the persons who were killed, 36 travelled by passenger car and one by lorry. Pedestrians killed numbered seven and cyclists one.

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    Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Statistics on road traffic accidents [online publication].
    Reference period: 2022, April. ISSN=2342-3846. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 27.12.2024].
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