Police control operation of persons driving while intoxicated in July has improved traffic safety
The statistics show positive development. The number of victims of accidents caused by persons driving while intoxicated has decreased by one third. How has this been achieved?
The police have held intensified control operations in July 2023 and 2024 targeting persons driving while intoxicated.
“We in the police are working to achieve the goal of halving traffic fatalities by 2030. It seems that the police's information-driven targeting in traffic control has led to us achieving good results,” says Assistant Police Commissioner Pasi Rissanen at the National Police Board.
Read Assistant Police Commissioner Pasi Rissanen and Information Analyst Mika Sutela’s blog: Police traffic control has a social effectiveness.
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