Concepts and definitions
- Alcohol-related case
An accident in which the driver of the vehicle of some party or a pedestrian has been proven (by a blood test or breathalyser reading exceeding 0.5 per mille) or is suspected on strong grounds to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
- Coach
A vehicle manufactured for the transportation of people. Space for 8 or more persons in addition to the driver.
- Drink-driving case
An accident in which the driver of a motor vehicle has been proven (by a blood test or breathalyser reading exceeding 0.5 per mille) or is suspected on strong grounds to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
- Driving licence class
A motor-driven vehicle other than a small-capacity moped or one intended to be steered on foot may only be driven by a person with an appropriate licence to drive a vehicle belonging to the class concerned. The driving licence classes are: (M) mopeds, (A) motorcycles, (A1) motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of 123 cc or less and output capacity of 11 kW or less, (B) passenger cars and vans with a gross mass of 3,500 kg or under, (C) lorries and other vehicles with a gross mass of > 3,500 kg and passenger capacity of no more than eight persons in addition to the driver, (C1) lorries and other vehicles with a gross mass of > 3,500 kg but no more than 7,500 kg and passenger capacity of no more than eight persons in addition to the driver, (D) coaches and other vehicles with a passenger capacity of more than eight persons, (D1) coaches and other vehicles with a passenger capacity of more than eight but not more than 16 persons, (E) vehicle combinations and (T) tractors.
- Fatal accident
An accident in which a person involved has died within 30 days from the accident as a consequence of the accident, excluding deaths from acute fits of illness.
- Lorry
A vehicle manufactured for the transport of goods. Gross weight in excess of 3,500 kg.
- Moped
A two or three-wheeled power-driven vehicle with a design speed of no more than 45km/h.
A two-wheeled moped has a cylinder capacity of no more than 50 cc when driven by an internal combustion engine, or net power output of no more than 4kW when driven by an electric motor. A low power moped is a two-wheeled moped equipped with pedals with a design speed of no more than 25 km/h and net power output of no more than 1kW. A three-wheeled moped has a cylinder capacity of no more than 50 cc when driven by a positive ignition engine, or net power output of no more than 4kW when driven an internal combustion engine or electric motor.
- Motor sledge/sleigh
A motor sledge is an off road vehicle fitted with runners or tracks. A snowmobile is a motor sledge on tracks which has seats for not more than two passengers in addition to the driver and the unladen mass of which does not exceed 500 kg.
- Motorcycle
A two-wheeled power-driven vehicle with or without a sidecar. The cylinder capacity of its internal combustion engine is over 50 cc or its design speed is over 45 km/h.
- Passenger car
A vehicle manufactured for the transport of people. Space for no more than 8 persons in addition to the driver.
- Pedestrian
A person travelling on foot, roller skates, skateboard, skis, kick-sledge or similar.
- Person injured in an accident
A person who has not died in an accident (or within 30 days of it), but has sustained in the accident injuries which require medical care or observation in hospital, treatment at home (sick leave) or surgical treatment, such as stitches. If a person has sustained bruises, scratches or the like that do not require aforementioned treatment, he/she is not regarded as injured.
- Person involved in an accident
Persons involved in an accident refer to the drivers of vehicles and pedestrians involved in an accident, and passengers killed or injured in the accident. An animal is party to an accident involving animals.
- Person killed in an accident
A person who has died as a consequence of an accident within 30 days from the accidents, excluding deaths from acute fits of illness.
- Road traffic accident
An event having lead to personal injury or damage to property that has taken place in an area intended for public transport or generally used for transport and in which at least one of the involved parties has been a moving vehicle. In addition to the vehicles specified in the Road Traffic Act, such party can also be a tram and in level crossing accidents a train. The falling down of a pedestrian is not a traffic accident, but that of a rider of a bicycle (= vehicle) is.
- Tractor
A vehicle specifically designed for agricultural and forestry work to run implements of haul trailers coupled to it. Special forestry machines such as logging tractors or forwarders, or forestry machines built on earthmoving machines are not classified as tractors but as motorised work machines.
- Trailer
A trailer of a motor vehicle is a hauled vehicle constructed for the transportation of goods or for tourism purposes.
- Van
A vehicle manufactured for the transportation of goods. Total weight of no more than 3,500 kg.
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Statistics on road traffic accidents [e-publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
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