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Finland's capital Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

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Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

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A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.

The city’s most recent fatal accident occurred in early July 2024 on Keinulaudantie in the city’s Kontula district.

Authorities are calling the situation exceptional.

“A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important,” said Roni Utriainen, a traffic engineer with the city’s Urban Environment Division.

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According to Utriainen, more than half of Helsinki’s streets now have a speed limit of 30 km/h. Fifty years ago, that proportion featured 50 km/h limits.

Earlier this summer, Helsinki decided to lower speed limits near schools to 30 km/h, a measure that is set to take effect as the academic year begins.

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If that ever becomes a law, I would really like to see what’s the official legal way to describe that type of car.
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  If we want to start safe and boring, we can go for acceleration rate and noise level

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