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22 killed in October
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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, October 2003

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22 killed in October

A total of 678 road traffic accidents were reported to Norwegian police in October. 22 people lost their lives and 973 were injured in these accidents, according to preliminary figures.

Persons injured. January-October. 1994-2003

Persons killed. January-October. 1994-2003

The figures for October last year show that 30 people were killed and 1 090 injured on Norwegian roads. The average figures for the ten-year period 1994-2003 are 26 fatalities and 936 injuries in October traffic. Of the 22 people killed in road traffic accidents last month, 11 were drivers of automobiles, one was passenger of automobiles, one was motorcyclists, three were mopedallists and six were pedestrians.

Fewer killed so far

The preliminary figures show that 223 people have lost their lives and 9 510 have been injured on Norwegian roads so far this year. The comparative figures for last year were 262 people killed and 10 672 injured. The average figures for the period 1994-2003 are 251 people killed and 9 504 injured in the first ten months of the year.

Persons killed by group of road-user. January-October. 2002, 2003 and average 1994-2003

Police figures

The statistics are compiled from returns made by police authorities. Less severe accidents and injuries are therefore under-represented in the figures.

The preliminary injury figures for October 2003 that are used for comparative purposes in this text and figures presented in the tables 1-8 are compared with final figures for the same period in 2002.

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