{"id":2026453,"date":"2026-07-03T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2026453"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:00:21","slug":"a-year-with-zero-deaths-on-its-streets-how-helsinki-became-a-world-reference-for-road-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2026453","title":{"rendered":"A year with zero deaths on its streets: How Helsinki became a world reference for road safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/1200x675_cmsv2_d42f536d-2aaa-50e5-bbb0-cf7f8a86149d-9799185.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2907200-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2907200\" data-cid=\"9825091\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2907200-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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scare as Egypt edge past Australia\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          My Europe Series<\/p>\n<p>                          Made in Europe<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            A year with zero deaths on its streets:  How Helsinki became a world reference for road safety<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img 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class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1783083621\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-03 15:00:21 +02:00\">03\/07\/2026 &#8211; 15:00 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-share-comment-popup\" class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup js-c-article-share-comment-popup\">\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__header 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What can other EU capitals and big cities learn from its success story?<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Some 40 years, Finland\u00b4s capital started to design new solutions to reduce deadly road accidents &#8211; and then eventually eliminate them. Those efforts have now paid off. 12 consecutive months without a single road death were recorded between 2024 and 2025. By comparison, during a similar period 31 people -including drivers, pedestrians, bikers or cyclists- died on the streets of Paris. By the time of the filming of this report, another nine consecutive months had passed without a single road death in Helsinki. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5374791782343142\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x434_cmsv2_c087e247-74d0-5b1e-bd65-b9a23dc7c4e3-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"Roni Utriainen is a traffic engineer at City of Helsinki\u00b4s Urban Environment Division\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Roni Utriainen is a traffic engineer at City of Helsinki\u00b4s Urban Environment Division<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comprehensive city planning has been a key aspect, but there have been many others too. \u201cOf course, improving the safety of our traffic environment is important, but so is safer road user behaviour, safer vehicles, and legislation or traffic enforcement are important,\u201d explains Roni Utriainen, a traffic engineer at the City of Helsinki\u00b4s Urban Environment Division. \u201cThe city has reduced speed limits, improved walking and cycling facilities, narrowed roadways and built speed camera sites. Public transport is very good and that also helps to reduce the number of car trips and collisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5657748049052397\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x456_cmsv2_acdb6dd8-b4d7-5d0d-a730-a4458c35963b-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"No cars allowed. A recently opened tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists only\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">No cars allowed. A recently opened tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists only<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5505555555555556\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x444_cmsv2_36812eec-4ade-5a4c-8fe1-e03777614343-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"Matti Hirvonen (left) and Martti Tulenheimo represent two different Finnish cyclists\u2019 associations\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Matti Hirvonen (left) and Martti Tulenheimo represent two different Finnish cyclists\u2019 associations<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the last 20 years, the capital of Finland has massively invested in infrastructure aimed at improving road safety, including tunnels in busy downtown hubs and bridges connecting neighboring districts -exclusively built for pedestrians and cyclists. \u201cThe overall sentiment of safety has improved quite significantly during the last decade,\u201d concedes Martti Tulenheimo, Chief Specialist at the Finnish Cyclists\u00b4 Federation. \u201cLast year Helsinki invested about \u20ac35 million in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, which sounds maybe a big sum, but it&#8217;s still only 13% of the whole traffic investment budget,\u201d confirms Matti Hirvonen, another chief specialist, from the Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5589543937708565\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x451_cmsv2_e2e68e1c-86df-5010-aca7-119461545a85-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"A long road: Helsinki started 40 years ago to plan how to increase street safety\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A long road: Helsinki started 40 years ago to plan how to increase street safety<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5609348914858097\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x454_cmsv2_a16aeaa6-95fc-5a7b-94c6-2c3823104dfa-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"Pasi Anteroinen is the managing director of Liikenneturva, Finnish Road Safety Council\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pasi Anteroinen is the managing director of Liikenneturva, Finnish Road Safety Council<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city is now looking ahead to increase its safety record even more, with private cars to be banned from 2030 around busy streets near the Central Railway Station, explains Pasi Anteroinen, Managing Director at Liikenneturva, the Finnish Road Safety Council. \u201cThe bigger issue is public acceptance. What&#8217;s acceptable in a country or in a city? What are our expectations? The people of Helsinki have decided that they want safer streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.564927857935627\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x456_cmsv2_e09bce5b-6935-58a5-abf0-8c71da99b76e-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"By 2030 private cars will be banned from this downtown major traffic hub\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">By 2030 private cars will be banned from this downtown major traffic hub<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5887902330743618\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x475_cmsv2_e69a6fad-8755-5266-9156-687cb40657fd-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Pasterstein, Superintendent &amp; Head of Traffic Control Operations at Helsinki Police Department\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dennis Pasterstein, Superintendent &amp; Head of Traffic Control Operations at Helsinki Police Department<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Already some 20 years ago, the city adopted 30 kphs as the maximum speed on its streets. Here there is a lasting, widespread culture of zero tolerance towards speeding or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. \u201cThe city has increased automatic surveillance. We have 70 automatic speed cameras. On top of that, we have traffic controls, where speed limits and alcohol levels come under scrutiny. Of course, all modes of transport are controlled,\u201d explains Dennis Pasterstein, Head of Traffic Control Operations at Helsinki Police Department. \u201cAnother important action is communication campaigns. We are communicating diligently on social media. Last year, for example, there were 30 million views from our social media accounts alone. These campaigns multiple by hundreds or thousands of times the visibility of a simple traffic fine. The impact on peoples\u00b4 driving behavior is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5386755703951029\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/91\/85\/808x434_cmsv2_9496842f-d4f9-5cb7-b5b5-3f5b87ab56ec-9799185.jpg\" alt=\"EU\u00b4s \u201cVision Zero\u201d aims to move as close as possible to zero\u00a0fatalities in\u00a0road transport by 2050\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">EU\u00b4s \u201cVision Zero\u201d aims to move as close as possible to zero\u00a0fatalities in\u00a0road transport by 2050<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The European Union\u00b4s\u201cVision Zero\u201d strategy aims to move as close as possible to zero fatalities in roadtransport by 2050. The fundamental idea is that road deaths and serious injuries are preventable. What can other EU capitals and big cities learn from the successful Helsinki experience? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal was set here 40 years ago. Now it&#8217;s a reality. It&#8217;s important to set your goals and look into the future,\u201d says Martti Tulenheimo. \u201cIf I would mention just one thing, that would be reduce speed limits. It is important. That\u00b4s where you can start,\u201d explains traffic engineer Roni Utriainen. \u201cOf course, every city is different. 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Those efforts have now paid off. 12 consecutive months without a single road death were recorded between 2024 and 2025. By comparison, during a similar period 31 people -including drivers, pedestrians, bikers or cyclists- died on the streets of Paris. By the time of the filming of this report, another nine consecutive months had passed without a single road death in Helsinki. \u00a0Comprehensive city planning has been a key aspect, but there have been many others too. \u201cOf course, improving the safety of our traffic environment is important, but so is safer road user behaviour, safer vehicles, and legislation or traffic enforcement are important,\u201d explains Roni Utriainen, a traffic engineer at the City of Helsinki\u00b4s Urban Environment Division. \u201cThe city has reduced speed limits, improved walking and cycling facilities, narrowed roadways and built speed camera sites. Public transport is very good and that also helps to reduce the number of car trips and collisions.\u201dFor the last 20 years, the capital of Finland has massively invested in infrastructure aimed at improving road safety, including tunnels in busy downtown hubs and bridges connecting neighboring districts -exclusively built for pedestrians and cyclists. \u201cThe overall sentiment of safety has improved quite significantly during the last decade,\u201d concedes Martti Tulenheimo, Chief Specialist at the Finnish Cyclists\u00b4 Federation. \u201cLast year Helsinki invested about \u20ac35 million in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, which sounds maybe a big sum, but it&#8217;s still only 13% of the whole traffic investment budget,\u201d confirms Matti Hirvonen, another chief specialist, from the Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities.\u00a0The city is now looking ahead to increase its safety record even more, with private cars to be banned from 2030 around busy streets near the Central Railway Station, explains Pasi Anteroinen, Managing Director at Liikenneturva, the Finnish Road Safety Council.\u00a0 \u201cThe bigger issue is public acceptance. What&#8217;s acceptable in a country or in a city? What are our expectations? The people of Helsinki have decided that they want safer streets.\u201dAlready some 20 years ago, the city adopted 30 kphs as the maximum speed on its streets. Here there is a lasting, widespread culture of zero tolerance towards speeding or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. \u201cThe city has increased automatic surveillance. We have 70 automatic speed cameras. On top of that, we have traffic controls, where speed limits and alcohol levels come under scrutiny. Of course, all modes of transport are controlled,\u201d explains Dennis Pasterstein, Head of Traffic Control Operations at Helsinki Police Department. \u201cAnother important action is communication campaigns. We are communicating diligently on social media. Last year, for example, there were 30 million views from our social media accounts alone. These campaigns multiple by hundreds or thousands of times the visibility of a simple traffic fine. The impact on peoples\u00b4 driving behavior is huge.\u201dThe\u00a0European Union\u00b4s \u201cVision Zero\u201d strategy aims to move as close as possible to zero\u00a0fatalities in\u00a0road transport by 2050. The fundamental idea is that road deaths and serious injuries are preventable. What can other EU capitals and big cities learn from the successful Helsinki experience?\u00a0\u201cThe goal was set here 40 years ago. Now it&#8217;s a reality. It&#8217;s important to set your goals and look into the future,\u201d says Martti Tulenheimo. \u201cIf I would mention just one thing, that would be reduce speed limits. It is important. That\u00b4s where you can start,\u201d explains traffic engineer Roni Utriainen. \u201cOf course, every city is different. 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