Traffic engineer says that the key to this success lies in limiting speed limits and measures to combat claims recently introduced.
In the last 12 months it is not registeredOr in Helsinquia a single death, the municipal and police authorities confirmed this week. According to Finnish broadcaster Yle Uutiset, the latest fatal accident in Finland’s capital occurred in early July 2024 in Keinulaudantie, Kontula district.
Roni Utriainen, traffic engineer from the city’s urban environment division, argues that there was “muse factors [que] contributed to this, but the speed limits are one of the most important“.
More than half of the streets of Helsinquia currently have a limit of Speed of 30 km/h. Fifty years ago, the limits were 50 km/h.
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In recent months, they have been implemented several measures to combat road accidentnamely the reduction of maximum controlled velocity by more control radars and road surveillance chambers.
A infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists was also significantly modernized In recent years, also unnamed a fundamental role. In addition, cooperation with traffic police intensified.
Finland is the Fourth country of the European Union with less dead by accidents on the roads by million inhabitants.
Portugal is among the countries with worse numbers.
