Analysis reveals injury crash rates have not improved over ten years in Finland, suggesting differences in vehicle types matter.
Our results indicate that, when measured by motor vehicle occupant injury crash rate, passenger cars-regardless of powertrain-have not become safer in Finland compared to the situation ten years ago. However, the current crash rate of BEVs is lower than that of ICEVs. Previous studies suggest that some of the differences in crash rate may be explained by varying usage conditions, which our findings support. Part of the difference may be explained by differences in driver populations, which should be investigated further.
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