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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.

22.10.2024 | Young people under the age of 25 accounted for more than 50% of incidents involving causing a serious traffic hazard. However, there were no serious accidents.

8.7.2024 | The police organizes various events around Finland in honor of the annual Police Day. We at Western Uusimaa Police Department are hosting our event at Vaakunatori, Espoo on Saturday, August 10th from 11 am to 3 pm.

13.10.2023 | Late autumn is a high-risk time in road traffic – the police supervise the most common contributing factors to accidents

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.

24.8.2021 | Last week and the week before when schools re-opened after the summer break, the Police carried out traffic controls in the vicinity of schools, particularly at the start and end of the school day. During the 3,300 working hours of control, a lot of speeding, driving without wearing a seatbelt and using hand-held communication devices while driving motorised vehicles was detected.

18.2.2021 | Friday 19 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 on the roads, irrespective of the Covid-19 pandemic.

24.10.2018 | A summary penal fee may be issued to cyclists with no lights

24.10.2018 | A summary penal fee may be issued to cyclists with no lights

14.11.2019 | Police to launch intensive pre-Christmas traffic surveillance campaign

16.11.2018 | Enhanced surveillance of pre-Christmas traffic – breathalyser tests in the evenings and nights

17.11.2017 | Enhanced surveillance of pre-Christmas traffic – breathalyser tests in the evenings and nights

14.5.2019 | Reminder from the Police to cyclists: Write down your bicycle’s identification info, lock your bicycle well and do not buy stolen wheels

14.5.2019 | Reminder from the Police to cyclists: Write down your bicycle’s identification info, lock your bicycle well and do not buy stolen wheels

24.10.2018 | En mörk cyklist kan få ordningsbot

14.5.2019 | Polisen vill påminna alla cyklister: Anteckna din cykels identifieringsuppgifter, lås din cykel ordentligt och köp inte en stulen hoj

14.5.2019 | Polisen vill påminna alla cyklister: Anteckna din cykels identifieringsuppgifter, lås din cykel ordentligt och köp inte en stulen hoj

25.1.2017 | Natten den 24-25 januari