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27 persons killed and 1 138 injured in August
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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, August 2002

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27 persons killed and 1 138 injured in August

According to preliminary figures a total of 791 road traffic accidents were reported to Norwegian police in August. 27 persons lost their lives and 1 138 were injured in these accidents.

Comparative figures for August last year show that 31 persons were killed and 1 062 injured on Norwegian roads, while the average figures for the period 1993-2002 are 29 fatalities and 992 injuries in August.

Persons killed. January-August. 1993-2002

Persons injured. Preliminary figures. January-August . 1993-2002

Of the 27 people killed in road traffic accidents last month, 12 were drivers of automobiles, nine were passengers of automobiles, one was a motorcyclist, one was a mopedallist, three were cyclists and one was classified as other type of road user.

201 killed in the first eight months

201 persons have lost their lives on Norwegian roads in the first eight months of 2002, while the comparative figure for last year was 199 persons killed.

More injuries

A total of 8 114 persons have been injured on Norwegian roads so far in 2002. The comparative figure for the first eight months of last year was 7 164 injuries, while the average for the period 1993-2002 is 7 320 injuries.

Road traffic accidents in Nordic countries

During the first seven months of 2002, 336 persons were killed in road traffic accidents in Sweden, 245 were killed in Denmark and 219 in Finland. The comparative figure for Norway was 174 persons killed. Corresponding figures for the first seven months of 2001 were 303 persons killed in Swedish traffic, 223 in Danish traffic, 257 in Finish traffic and 168 in Norwegian traffic.

The accident statistics for 2001 that is used for comparative purposes are preliminary figures. Figures for 2001 presented in the tables 1-8 are final.

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