Monitoring traffic behaviour

The information of the monitoring system is gathered as a joint effort of several organisations whose work involves the traffic safety sector. These organisations include Ministry of Transport and Communications, Liikenneturva, University of Helsinki, National Public Health Institute, Ministry of the Interior and Road Administration. The organisation-in-charge is the Ministry of Transport and Communications.  Liikenneturva maintains the system and also takes care of publicising the results regularly.      

Information regarding traffic behaviour is compiled in regular intervals utilising the same research methods and the same research locations.

The measurements are conducted regarding the following areas (the organisation-in-charge in parentheses)

• driving speeds of cars (Road Administration, Liikenneturva)
  
• time distance between cars (Road Administration, Liikenneturva)
• use of seatbelts by car drivers and frontseat passengers (National Traffic Police, Liikenneturva)
• use of seatbelts by private cars’ backseat passengers (Liikenneturva)
• car drivers’ signalling upon making a turn (Liikenneturva)
• alcohol consumption cases in flow of traffic (University of Helsinki, National Public Health Institute, National Traffic Police)
• use of bicycle helmet (Liikenneturva)
• compliance with traffic lights by pedestrians (Liikenneturva)
• pedestrians’ use of reflector (National Public Health Institute, Liikenneturva)
• use of children’s safety seats (Liikenneturva)
• compliance with traffic lights by drivers (Liikenneturva)