File Photo – Str / Lehtikuva.
At least 21 persons were killed and 568 others injured in as many as 475 road accidents in September this year, according to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data.
The number of persons killed was two higher and that of persons injured 90 lower than in September 2014, the statistics show.
Of the persons who were killed, 12 travelled by passenger car, one by lorry and four by motorcycle. Pedestrians killed in road traffic accidents numbered one and cyclists three.
Among those who died, 17 were men and four were women.
A total of 3,772 road traffic accidents happened in the January to September period, killing 192 persons and injuring 4,697 others.
The number of persons killed was 27 higher and that of persons injured 303 lower than in the corresponding period of 2014.
