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Fewer fatalities on the roads in May
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2009-06-19T10:00:00.000Z
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vtu, Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, road traffic accidents, killed, injured, fatalities, types of accident head-on collisions, driving off the road, rear end collisions, accidents involving lorries, types of road user (for example car drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, types of vehicle, passenger cars, buses, motor cycles, tyre typesLand transport , Transport and tourism
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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, May 2009

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Fewer fatalities on the roads in May

A total of 574 road traffic accidents were reported to Norwegian police in May. Eighteen lost their lives and 783 were injured in these accidents, according to preliminary figures.

Persons injured. January-May. 2000-2009

Persons killed. January-May. 2000-2009

Preliminary figures for May 2008 showed that 24 people were killed and 867 were injured in 624 accidents. The fatality figure was later adjusted to 28. The average figures for the ten-year period 2000-2009 were 23 fatalities and 978 injuries in May traffic. The eighteen people killed in road traffic accidents last month constituted eight car drivers, two car passengers, five motorcyclists, one cyclist, one pedestrian and one other road user.

Fewer people killed

The preliminary figures show that 73 persons have been killed and 3 729 have been injured so far this year. Comparative figures for the same period last year were 105 killed and 4 279 injured The average figures for the period 2000-2009 are 96 persons killed and 4 238 injured.

Police figures

The statistics are based on accidents reported to the police. Less severe accidents and injuries are often not reported to the police and may therefore be underrepresented in the figures. The total number of injuries includes casualties where the degree of injury has not been specified. Around 30 per cent of the casualties reported thus far in 2009 belonged to this category. Some people registered in this category may be uninjured, and figures are subject to change.

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