Helsinki traffic engineer Roni Utriainen emphasised that credit belongs to everyone on the road — motorists, cyclists and pedestrians alike.
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.
"A lot of factors contributed to this, but speed limits are one of the most important," said Roni Utriainen, a traffic engineer with the city's Urban Environment Division.
In addition, cooperation with traffic police has intensified and more traffic cameras and automated enforcement systems have been introduced.
"Public transport in Helsinki is excellent, which reduces car use, and with it, the number of serious accidents," Utriainen noted.
"The direction has been positive for years," he said, pointing out that no pedestrians were killed in Helsinki traffic in 2019 either. »