Finland Wins European Transport Safety Council’s Road Safety Prize for 2024
Finland is the recipient of the 2024 European Transport Safety Council prize for outstanding progress in road safety.
The country reduced road deaths by a substantial 29% over the decade to 2023, while the average decline in the EU was just 16%.
The EU has set a target to halve the number of road deaths by 2030, based on their level in 2019. Most European countries have similar national targets.
There were 20,418 deaths on EU roads in 2023, a collective decrease of 1% compared to 2022, falling far short of the 6.1% annual reduction needed to achieve the EU target of a 50% reduction by 2030.
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