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Sun, 28 Aug, 2016 01:26:05 AM FTimes Report, Aug 28  File Photo Lehtikuva. At least 23 persons were killed and 566 others injured in 453 road traffic accidents in July, ac-cording to preliminary data of Statistics Finland.
The number of persons killed was one higher and that of persons injured 118 lower than in July 2015.
Of the persons killed, 14 travelled by passenger car, two by van, four by motorcycle and one by lorry. Pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents numbered one.
In addition, one other road user was killed. Among those who died, 20 were men and three were women, the data show.
A total of 2,548 road traffic accidents involving personal injury happened in January to July pe-riod. In them, 126 persons were killed and 3,205others injured.
The number of persons killed was 14 lower and that of persons injured 231 lower than in the cor-responding period of 2015.
Of the persons who were killed, 86 travelled by passenger car, eight by van, nine by motorcycle, two by moped and four by lorry as per the statistics.
Pedestrians killed numbered nine and cyclists five. In addition, three other road users were killed.
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