Finland Times

Helsinki, January 25 – A total of 254 people were killed and 7,075 other injured in separate road accidents at different parts of the country during the year 2012, according to preliminary data of Statistics Finland.

The Statistics Finland released the report on Thursday, which also said a total of 5,714  accidents involving personal injury took place in road traffic during the last year and the figure  of human casualty was 38 lower compared to the year 2011.

The report also said that the number of wounded people in the road mishaps was 844 lower than number of previous year.

Out of dead, 147 were the travelers of passenger cars, 11 travelled by van, 10 by lorry, one by bus or coach, 21 by motorcycle and seven by moped. Pedestrians killed numbered 29 and cyclists 18. In addition, ten other road users were killed.

The report said fourteen people were killed and 563 other injured in separate road accidents at different places of the country during the last month of December.

It also said a total a total of 403 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in the last month of the year 2012 and the figure  of human casualty was 20 percent lower compared the corresponding month of 2011.

The number of injuries was also 69 percent lower than the number of December 2011.

Of the persons who were killed in December 2012, 11 travelled by passenger car. Pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents numbered two and cyclists one. Among those who died, eight were men and six were women.