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Fewer killed in October
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2001-11-22T10:00:00.000Z
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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, October 2001

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Fewer killed in October

12 persons were killed in road traffic accidents in October, the lowest figure for October since these monthly statistics were introduced in 1968. Six of the fatalities last month were drivers of automobiles and six were pedestrians.

Persons killed. January-October. 1996-2001

The first overview shows that 12 persons were killed and 967 injured in road traffic accidents on Norwegian roads in October. Corresponding figures show that 24 persons were killed and 855 persons injured in October last year. The average figures for the period 1996-2000 were 28 and 941, respectively.

In the first ten months of 2001, 233 persons have been killed and 9 332 injured in road traffic accidents according to preliminary figures. This is 53 fewer casualties and 75 more injuries than in the same period last year.

Of the casualties in the first nine months, 39 per cent were due to vehicles running of the road and 34 per cent due to head-on accidents.

Fewer casualties among young passengers

Persons injured. January-October. 1996-2001

49 passengers of automobiles were killed in the first ten months of 2001. This is 24 fewer than in the same period last year and nine fewer than the average figure for the period 1996-2000. 31 of the 49 casualties were women.

The age groups 30-39, 20-29 an 0-14 years have experienced the largest drop in casualties among passengers of automobiles, with eleven, nine and seven fewer persons killed, respectively. Accordingly, the average figure for the period 1996-2000 shows a decline in the number of passengers killed in these age groups. However, so far this year five more passengers have been killed in the age group 70-79 years than in the same period last year.

The accident statistics for 2000, which are used for comparative purposes, are preliminary figures. Figures for 2000 presented in the tables 1-5 are final.

Passengers of automobile killed, by age. January-October 2000-2001 and average 1996-2000

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