6.5.2026 | The Police and the Finnish Road Safety Council inspected child safety seats in April and found room for improvement in terms of keeping children safe in cars. The Police issued 14 traffic penalty fees and six fines.

Traffic safety and surveillance The police pursue traffic safety cooperation with different authorities and organisations, not forgetting increasing international cooperation. Of all authorities monitoring traffic, the police undoubtedly play the ...

20.3.2024 | Police imposed more than 2,100 penalties for failure to use seat belts and for using mobile phones

12.9.2024 | Children must use a child seat when travelling by car even on the shortest trips, regardless of the parents’ opinions. The Finnish Road Safety Council is participating in the police's child seat usage surveillance in September all around the country. The police will monitor the use of seat belts and child safety seats from 16 to 20 September 2024.

13.9.2023 | Police to control wearing of seat belts and use of mobile phones in traffic nationwide on 18-22 September

15.9.2021 | Between 16 and 22 September 2021, the Police will have intensified and nationwide controls of safety equipment and focus on factors that impair attention in traffic, such as mobile phone use during driving.

3.3.2023 | Police reminder: seat belt is free and invaluable safeguard in crashes

20.12.2024 | The police are deeply concerned about this year's grim statistics on road traffic fatalities among children and young people under 18. Although the number of road fatalities is significantly lower today than it was ten years ago, the trend for children and young people has taken a clear step backwards in 2024.

26.9.2022 | The police conducted a nationwide monitoring operation on 16-22 September 2022 targeting in particular the use of seat belts, protective helmets and the use of mobile phones. A total of 1,095 drivers received a traffic penalty fee for failure to wear a seat belt in front or back seats and 28 guardians or drivers received a traffic penalty fee for failure to use safety equipment for children.

26.9.2023 | Fidgeting with mobile phones while driving always poses a major risk to all road users

25.4.2024 | In the special exhibition “Marias and Mörkös”, vehicles on display include the world’s fastest police motorcycle and police cars from various decades.

15.2.2024 | Friday 16 February kicks off the 2024 ski holiday season, with Finns in the southern part of the country beginning their holidays. This means that the roads will be busier than usual over the following weekends. The police call on drivers to adjust driving speeds to the prevailing weather conditions.

7.3.2024 | The police will carry out intensive surveillance of the use of seatbelts and other safety devices, as well as mobile phones by drivers, across Finland from Monday to Friday 11–15 March 2024.

14.3.2023 | During last week’s nationwide thematic controls, the Police issued 902 fixed petty fines for failures to use the seatbelt. In addition, 74 fines were issued to those failing to use the belt or safety seats in cases where the negligence was found to be apt to jeopardise the safety of another person, for example, a child or a passenger on the front seat.

21.12.2016 | Use of seat belts and compliance with pedestrian crossing regulations would significantly improve traffic safety

12.4.2022 | In the nationwide traffic surveillance operation last week, police intervention was required in a total of 715 cases of persons neglecting the use of seat belts or safety devices in traffic. Of these, 15 were children, whose use of safety devices is the responsibility of the child’s guardian, or if such a person is not present, the driver’s.

14.9.2022 | The police will conduct a nationwide monitoring operation on 16-22 September 2022 on the use of seat belts and protective helmets as well as inattentiveness in traffic. Monitoring of inattentiveness includes the distractive use of technical devices while driving a vehicle or tram as well as the use of a handheld mobile phone by the driver of a motorised vehicle or tram while driving.

1.4.2022 | The police will conduct a nationwide special monitoring operation 4–10 April 2022 to focus on the use of safety devices and factors that cause driver inattention in traffic.

8.3.2019 | Reminder from the police: Let’s ensure safe crossing for pedestrians, put the mobile phone away while driving and remember to buckle up even on the rear seat

17.2.2022 | Friday 18 February marks the start of the winter holiday season, with the holidays beginning in the South of Finland. In road traffic this means that the following weekends will be exceptionally busy.