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Road traffic accidents claimed 10 lives in January 2024

release | Statistics on road traffic accidents 2024, January

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According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, 153 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in January 2024. In them, 10 persons were killed and 189 persons injured. The number of fatalities was one lower and number of persons injured 14 lower than in January 2023. The data were compared with the previous year's preliminary data.

Key selections

  • Of the persons who were killed, five travelled by passenger car and one by lorry.
  • Killed pedestrians numbered one and cyclists one.
  • In addition, two other road users were killed.
  • Among those who died, nine were men and one was a woman.

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Personal injury accidents in road traffic by county, January 2024, preliminary data

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