Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, April 2002

Comparative figures for the first four months of 2001 were 88 casualties and 2 944 injuries, while the average for the period 1993-2002 is 82 casualties and 3 081 injuries.

High number of serious injures

286 persons were dangerously or seriously injured in the first four month of 2002, which is close to 8.5 per cent of the total number of injuries. 2 646 persons, or 78.3 per cent, were slightly injured. In the remaining cases, the degree of injury was not stated.

More accidents involving heavy vehicles

In the first four months of 2002, 11 persons have been killed and 142 persons have been injured in accidents involving heavy vehicles. In comparison, a total of nine persons were killed and 107 injured in the same period last year.

Fewer casualties in April

16 persons were killed in road accidents last month. This is ten fewer than in April last year. Of the 16 casualties, ten were drivers of automobile, three were passengers of automobile, one was a mopedist, one a pedestrian and one person was sledging.

The average figure for April in the period 1993-2002 is 18 casualties.

According to Norwegian police authorities there were 531 road traffic accidents involving personal injury in April 2002, with a total of 769 injuries.

Final figures for 2001

The final figures for 2001 show that 275 persons were killed and 11 522 injured on Norwegian roads last year.

Nordic figures

In the first quarter of 2002, 122 persons were killed in road traffic accidents in Sweden, 104 persons were killed in Denmark and 86 persons were killed in Finland, according to the Nordic statistic producers. The corresponding figure for Norway was 66 casualties. Figures for the first quarter of last year show 104 casualties in Sweden, 102 in Denmark, 94 in Finland and 63 in Norway.

The accident statistics for 2001 that is used for comparative purposes are preliminary figures. Figures for 2001 presented in the tables 1-10 are the last revised.

International links:

Statistics Denmark

Statistics Finland

Swedish National Road Administration

Tables:

• Table 1 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by month
• Table 2 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by county
• Table 3 Number of people killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by police force area
• Table 4 Number of people killed or injured, by age and mode of transport. January-April
• Table 5 Number of people killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by severity and mode of transport. January-April
• Table 6 Number of people killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by mode of transport and type og accident. January-April
• Table 7 Vehicles involved in road traffic accidents, by type of tyres and accident. January-April
• Table 8 Number of people killed or injured in road traffic accidents, by mode of transport. January-April
• Table 9 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents in the Nordic countries. Preliminary figures
• Table 10 Persons killed or injured in road traffic accidents involving lorries, by month