GNV News January 7, 2026

In July 2025, not a single traffic fatality has been recorded in the past year in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.clearThe record was made in This record will be set in August 2025 byintermittentlyHelsinki is a relatively small city with a population of just under 690,000. Helsinki is considered a relatively small city with a population of just under 690,000, but the entire metropolitan area has approximately 1.5 million people.livingThe company is doing so.

The main contributors to this achievement wereprimary factorThe reduction of the speed limit to 30 kilometers per hour is mentioned as a Although this is not uniform, it has been applied on more than half of the roads in Helsinki. In addition, based on data on traffic accidents and travel speeds, as well as feedback from the public, the city has identified accident-prone areas. Other factors that have contributed to the decrease in the use of private cars are the strengthening of the public transport network, such as buses and tramspointing outIt is being done. In 2018, the European Union (EU) announced that it will halve the number of deaths from road accidents by 2030 byTargetand Helsinki has been working on itsgood exampleHe said that this is the case.

Thus, while Finland has succeeded in reducing traffic fatalities, road traffic accidents remain a major challenge in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its 2023(written) reportAccording to the "Japan Road Traffic Safety Association," approximately 1.19 million people worldwide are killed in traffic accidents each year, more than half of them pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.vulnerable road usersThey are concentrated in the following areas. In addition, 92% of the world's road traffic fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries, butprimary factorThe vulnerability of infrastructure, emergency response, and vehicle safety were cited as

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Traffic in Helsinki (photo:) Petri Sipilä / Wikimedia Commons [CC BY 4.0])