Traffic safety

Very few traffic accidents happen in Espoo, considering the size of the city’s population – approximately 60% fewer than in the whole country on average.

The city has carried out measures to improve traffic safety for many decades. The safety of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists is taken into consideration in detailed planning and in street planning and construction. Safety is further improved by a staggered speed limit system of the street network and other forms of traffic control, such as traffic signs, traffic lights and road markings.

By monitoring and analysing accidents and compiling statistics on them, the city gets information on the areas most in need of safety-improving measures. Feedback from residents is also a valuable part of traffic safety work.

Rehearsing traffic rules might be good idea. Unclarities concern especially the Right-of-Way Rules between cyclists and motorists.

Traffic rules(external link, opens in a new window)

Tips(external link, opens in a new window)

The “Espoon liikenneonnettomuudet 2024” report provides an overview of the traffic accidents reported by the police in 2024 in the city of Espoo and tracks the change in the traffic accident figures since 1962 and, particularly, between 2020 and 2024.

According to police records, a total of 249 traffic accidents took place in Espoo in 2023.  Approximately 36 % of these resulted in personal injury (89 accidents). Out of accidents resulting in personal injury, one traffic accidents led to a fatality and 88 accidents caused personal injury. 111 people were physically injured, and one person died in accidents resulting in personal injury.

Out of all the accidents in 2024, 52 % (130) took place on municipally maintained roads and 45 % (113) on nationally owned roads. Approximately 2 % (6) of all accidents took place on private roads and in other areas. Around 53% (133 accidents) of the accidents happened in built-up areas.