Zero pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in Helsinki in 2019
Finland’s capital is proud to report that no pedestrians or cyclists were killed in Helsinki road traffic last year. The year 2019 was the first year with no pedestrian or cyclist fatalities since 1960, when statistics on road traffic deaths in the city began to be recorded.The number of traffic fatalities in Helsinki has been steadily decreasing in recent years, with the annual average falling to seven in the 2010s. Up to 30 fatalities a year were still being reported in Helsinki in the 1980s and early 1990s, and more years than not, pedestrians made up the largest number of victims. The