File Photo – Lehtikuva.
At least 13 persons were killed and 264 others injured in road traffic accidents in March, according to preliminary data of Statistics Finland.
The number of persons killed was six lower and that of persons injured 124 lower than in March 2015.
At total of 208 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in March.
Of the persons who were killed, 11 travelled by passenger car. Pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents numbered five and cyclists one, the statistics show.
A total of 814 road traffic accidents involving personal injury happened in January to March period. In them, 48 persons were killed and 1,044 persons injured.
The number of persons killed was three lower and that of persons injured 121 lower than in the corresponding period of 2015.
