Show threadJocelynSep 4, 2025

#Helsinki records zero #trafficDeath for full year

- the city lowered limits around schools to 30 km/h
- #Cycling and #walking #infrastructure has been expanded in recent years, helping to separate vulnerable #road users from #motorTraffic.
- Electric #scooters remain a challenge, though the city has responded by adjusting parking rules, restricting #speed in certain areas, and improving signage.

#cars

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27539-helsinki-records-zero-traffic-deaths-for-full-year.html

Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.

Helsinki Times
Andy S. EversJul 31, 2025

#Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design. #trafficdeath https://yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

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

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Show threadWaltarrrrrJul 20, 2025
Last night’s vigil for Blake Ackerman, 26, killed by a hit and run driver while riding his bike on Fountain Ave in West Hollywood / City of Los Angeles. #ghostbike #hitandrun #trafficdeath #visionzero
John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAYMay 28, 2025
We have to decide that motorists can only kill, say, 1/100,000 people every year instead of the current 13, then decide we're willing to change to make that happen. It's the #3 cause of US death. Why not fix it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate #traffic #trafficdeath
List of countries by traffic-related death rate - Wikipedia

John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAYFeb 27, 2025

In 2022, roughly half of traffic fatalities were unbelted. Seat belt compliance is pretty good, about 92%, but half of the deaths are from that 8% who defeat the safety measures. #trafficdeaths #trafficdeath #darwinaward #safety #driving #darwin #autodarwinate

https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-belts

geographileAug 16, 2023

In 1983, a driver turning his delivery van from eastbound 24th Street to southbound Mission in San Francisco ran over my foot. He didn't have great visibility and was trying to beat the crowd crossing Mission at the green.

Looking back, I've always said that it was good I wasn't pushing a stroller.

Maybe some intersections need both right and left turn on green arrow, and those arrows only on when no #pedestrian traffic is allowed to cross.
I don't know.
This is sad.
#trafficdeath

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