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Fewer serious accidents in April
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2006-05-18T10:00:00.000Z
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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, April 2006

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Fewer serious accidents in April

Seven persons lost their lives and 221 were seriously injured in traffic accidents this April, according to preliminary figures. The average for April the last ten years is 18 fatalities and 715 injuries.

Persons injured. January-April. 1997-2006

Persons killed. January-April. 1997-2006

A total of 386 road traffic accidents were reported to the Norwegian police in April, according to the preliminary figures. In these seven persons lost their lives and 221 were seriously injured. Comparative figures for April last year show that 15 people were killed and 248 seriously injured on Norwegian roads, while the average figures for the period 1997-2006 are 18 fatalities and total 715 injuries in April.

Of the seven people killed in road traffic accidents last month, four were drivers of cars, two were car passengers and one pedestrian.

51 fatalities so far this year

A total of 51 people have lost their lives on Norwegian roads so far this year. The comparative figure for last year was 65 killed from January to April, while the average figure for the period 1997-2006 is 77 persons killed.

The preliminary figures show that a total of 2 881 people have been injured in Norwegian traffic so far in 2006. The comparative figure for 2005 was 3 113 people injured, while the average for the period 1997-2006 is 3 086 people injured.

Persons seriously injured, by group of road- user. January-April. 2002-2006

Police figures

The statistics are compiled from returns made by police authorities. Less severe accidents and injuries are therefore under-represented in the figures. Total injured also include persons with degree of injury unspecified. In the future some of these persons may prove to be uninjured.

The accident figures for 2005 that are used for comparative purposes in this text are preliminary.

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