File Photo – Lehtikuva.
At least 14 persons were killed and 324 injured in road traffic accidents in February, according to preliminary data of Statistics Finland.
At total of 243 accidents involving personal injury happened in road traffic in the month.
The number of persons killed was one more than that in February 2014 and the number of persons injured was lower by 68, the data show.
Of the persons killed, eight travelled by passenger car, one by van and one by lorry while three were pedestrians.
In addition, another road user was killed.
A total of 587 road traffic accidents involving personal injury happened in the January to February period.
In them, 31 persons were killed and 768 injured, according to the statistics.
The number of persons killed was four higher and that of persons injured 41 lower than in the corresponding period of 2014.
