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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

POLITICO

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Tor Lillqvist Mar 1

@BrentToderian That was a statistical fluke. Between June 2024 and July 2025 there indeed were no fatal accidents. But that didn’t last. Not sure why this suddenly now, over half a year later, is doing the rounds again.

Instead of reporting statistical flukes, responsible journalists should report long-term trends. Those indeed are positive here in Helsinki. *That* is the good news here. Not that there happened to be a 12-month interval (not a calendar year) without a single fatal road accident.

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Su_G

@tml
Yes, totally agree. A rolling five year average makes more sense to report, smoothing out those statistical one-offs (flukes) & better enabling sight or understanding of real change over time. Still an impressive achievement as it’s often said (in public health circles) that it can’t be done).

#publicHealth #roadToll #roadFatalities #roadTrafficAccidents #rollingAverage

@BrentToderian