Road traffic accidents

A total of 6,414 road traffic accidents involving personal injury occurred in 2009. In them, 279 persons were killed and 8,057 injured. There were 65 fewer fatalities than in 2008. The numbers of accidents involving personal injury and injured persons were also lower than before.

Compared with 2008, the number of road traffic fatalities fell clearly in July, as well as in October-November. In July the number of persons killed was 15
lower and in October–November 38 lower than in the same time periods of the previous year. The number of fatalities in head-on collisions was the lowest in the 2000s. Fatalities numbered 76, which is 16 fewer than in 2008. The number of persons killed in swerving accidents decreased by ten. There were 100 fatalities in 2009.

No major accidents (min. four fatalities) occurred in
2009.

The good development of pedestrian safety continued. Pedestrian fatalities decreased by 23. The favourable development has now continued since the beginning of the 2000s.

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