Tuusula got a new traffic safety plan
The new safety plan, drawn up in cooperation with Järvenpää and Kerava, outlines the content and priorities of the municipalities' road safety work for the coming years. The vision of the plan is to reduce the number of road traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the area to zero by 2035.
The main objectives of the plan approved by the municipal board on Monday, 9 March, are the continuous improvement of traffic safety in municipalities towards national and international targets and the development of traffic safety work.
The three participating municipalities share the common goal of halving the number of road deaths, serious injuries and personal injury accidents in the region by 2030.
The new plan pays particular attention to issues such as pedestrian and cyclist safety, improving safety on the way to school, and designing the transport system in such a way as to minimise the impact of human error.
Traffic education and communication are an important part of promoting traffic safety, and they are implemented according to plan in early childhood education and pre-school, basic education, secondary education and youth work, as well as through municipal public communications.
Nearly a hundred proposals for action
The plan lists a total of 81 improvement targets for Tuusula in the traffic environment action programme, including 91 proposed measures. The estimated cost of the measures in Tuusula is approximately €2.8 million.
The measures are promoted, refined and monitored annually and updated during the planning period. The previous road safety plans were drawn up in 2013, when they were made municipality-specific in Järvenpää, Kerava and Tuusula.
Between 2020 and 2024, five people died and 156 were injured in traffic accidents in Tuusula. In relation to the population, the number of personal injuries in Tuusula was higher than the average for Uusimaa and the whole country.
During the preparation of the now approved plan, a survey was conducted among people travelling in the area, in which approximately two-thirds of respondents felt that travelling in the region was very or fairly safe when walking, cycling, travelling by car or using public transport.
Further information: Traffic Engineer Jukka-Matti Laakso, jukka-matti.laakso@tuusula.fi
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