Prevalence and factors associated with pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries: case Finland

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Table 2 Speed limit (n = 285), location (n = 285), municipality type (n = 284), and area type (n = 285) according to pedestrian fatality and serious injury

		Fatality		Serious injury		Total
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Speed limit	≤30 km/h	10	9	16	9	26	9
	40 km/h	41	35	83	49	124	43
	50–70 km/h	26	22	59	35	85	30
	≥80 km/h	39	34	11	7	50	18
	Total	116	100	169	100	285	100
Place of accident	Carriageway	60	52	58	34	118	41
	Pedestrian crossing	31	27	83	49	114	40
	Car park	18	15	18	11	36	13
	Other (cycle path, bridge, bus stop)	7	6	10	6	17	6
	Total	116	100	169	100	285	100
Municipality type	Metropolitan area	16	14	29	17	45	16
	Large city	16	14	35	21	51	18
	Midsized city	19	17	41	24	60	21
	Small city	19	17	37	22	56	20
	Small municipality	45	39	27	16	72	25
	Total	115	100	169	100	284	100
Area type	Inner urban area	29	25	86	51	115	40
	Outer urban area	23	20	38	22	61	21
	Peri-urban area and rural area close to urban area	20	17	13	8	33	12
	Local centre in rural area	15	13	10	6	25	9
	Sparsely populated rural and rural heartland area	29	25	22	13	51	18
	Total	116	100	169	100	285	100