Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

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Helsinki has achieved something that hardly any city with more than 500,000 inhabitants has achieved so far: there have been no fatal traffic accidents for more than a year. What can Germany learn from the Finnish capital?

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The Finnish capital Helsinki has gone a year without a single traffic fatality, according to Finnish police and the city itself. The last fatal accident occurred in July 2024. "This should be possible in our country as well," says Stijn Daniels, a road safety researcher at Transport and Mobility.

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The Finnish capital Helsinki has had no traffic fatalities in the past year, according to the Helsinki municipality and the police. The last fatal accident occurred in July 2024. Finland has long been pursuing policies to improve road safety. Helsinki previously concluded 2019 without any pedestrian fatalities. Helsinki is believed to be the first capital city in the European Union to achieve no traffic fatalities in a single year. The city call…

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Helsinki municipal officials have revealed that no traffic-related deaths have been recorded in the Finnish capital over the past year, Politico reports.

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The Finnish capital presents a remarkable statistic: between July 2024 and July 2025, no one was killed in accidents in Helsinki's road traffic. One of the reasons: the high proportion of 30-zones.