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  1. Accidents The Police have duties relating to the prevention of accidents, fighting the consequences and investigating the causes of accidents. In everyday language, an accident can mean various kinds of sudden incidents causing injuries, property ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/accidents
  2. Automatic traffic surveillance In addition to traditional surveillance methods, the police use automatic traffic surveillance equipment on heavily trafficked roads and urban areas. Besides monitoring speeds, the equipment is used to monitor observ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/automatic-traffic-surveillance
  3. Traffic offences The police detect traffic offences and address them every day. Traffic offences are often discovered in connection with the police’s traffic control or emergency activities. Traffic offences typically pose a danger to others. The ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/traffic-offences
  4. 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 ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/traffic-safety-and-surveillance
  5. Police traffic enforcement has a social effectiveness
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-traffic-enforcement-has-a-social-effectiveness
  6. Police en Newsroom Blog Several successes in police traffic safety work in 2024 28.2.2025 9.06 Blog Traffic safety concerns the whole of society. The purpose of police traffic safety work is to maintain and promote general law-abiding behaviour on...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/several-successes-in-police-traffic-safety-work-in-2024
  7. 20.12.2024 | Further information about the traffic accident in Sinettä
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/further-information-about-the-traffic-accident-in-sinetta
  8. 26.6.2025 | Aggravated endangerment of traffic safety and drunken driving in Midsummer traffic
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/aggravated-endangerment-of-traffic-safety-and-drunken-driving-in-midsummer-traffic
  9. 17.5.2025 | This news article is being updated. You can follow the updates at Poliisi.fi.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/helicopter-accident-in-eura
  10. 26.8.2025 | The police imposed a large number of sanctions in the urban traffic surveillance campaign
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-police-imposed-a-large-number-of-sanctions-in-the-urban-traffic-surveillance-campaign
  11. 5.8.2025 | The police will monitor traffic in built-up areas when school starts
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-police-will-monitor-traffic-in-built-up-areas-when-school-starts
  12. 28.5.2025 | The use of narcotics in traffic is strictly prohibited in Finland, and the legislation is based on zero tolerance for driving under the influence of narcotics. The police are increasing the number of narcotics tests performed in traffic. The condition of the drivers is verified by means of both surveillance campaigns and individual stops.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-will-do-more-narcotics-testing-in-traffic
  13. 22.8.2025 | The police want to point out that young drivers are not always ready for responsible driving. An age exemption permit entitling to a category B driving licence at the age of 17 should be granted for genuinely exceptional cases, not routinely to young people. Statistics by Statistics Finland show a worrying trend in road traffic deaths among 17-year-olds.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/motoring-speeding-and-risky-behaviour-are-causes-for-increased-road-traffic-fatalities-among-17-year-olds
  14. 17.6.2025 | Due to Midsummer, customer services, including permit services and the reception of crime reports, will be closed at all Western Uusimaa police stations on Friday June the 20th. However, the police’s online services will remain available as usual.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/midsummer-closes-customer-service-but-the-police-continue-to-ensure-public-order-and-monitor-traffic
  15. 12.5.2025 | The police will monitor young people's use of intoxicants and their behaviour in traffic. Traffic controls will focus on moped riders, cyclists and drivers of light electric vehicles. Police patrols will also be visible in school areas.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-to-monitor-young-people-s-use-of-intoxicants-and-their-behaviour-in-traffic
  16. 28.2.2025 | The number of traffic enforcement measures has increased, the number of drink-driving offences has decreased and the number of road deaths has continued to fall. More effective and targeted police enforcement has contributed to this positive trend, according to a recent police traffic blog.
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/police-traffic-safety-work-paid-off-in-2024
  17. 23.1.2025 | The investigation of the road accident in Sinettä has been completed
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/the-investigation-of-the-road-accident-in-sinetta-has-been-completed
  18. 21.3.2025 | Active traffic control by the police improves safety on the roads – fewer intoxicated drivers
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/active-traffic-control-by-the-police-improves-safety-on-the-roads-fewer-intoxicated-drivers
  19. 13.10.2023 | Late autumn is a high-risk time in road traffic – the police supervise the most common contributing factors to accidents
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/late-autumn-is-a-high-risk-time-in-road-traffic-the-police-supervise-the-most-common-contributing-factors-to-accidents
  20. Police en Newsroom Blog Promoting the road safety culture among young people requires action from society as a whole 22.8.2025 8.08 Blog Under the leadership of Minister Lulu Ranne, the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has started ...
    https://poliisi.fi/en/-/promoting-the-road-safety-culture-among-young-people-requires-action-from-society-as-a-whole