The church was so full that people had to stand outside when 12-year-old Noah was buried in Øygarden this summer. A few days before, he died when he jumped into the road in front of a car. The 12-year-old was portrayed as active and fun-loving, full of funny inventions. But Noah Landro was just one of the names on a grim statistic of traffic fatalities in 2022. Now the count from the National Roads Administration shows that a total of 118 died. There were both children, women and men. – There are no directly good explanations, says road director Ingrid Dahl Hovland when she is asked what causes the number of accidents to increase from a record low of 80 in 2021 to as many as 118 in 2022. Road director Ingrid Dahl Hovland. Photo: Statens vegvesen/Knut Opeide Allereie in May, the UP chief came out and said he feared an unusually high number of deaths in traffic. And he was right. The summer was a high season for suffering and death in traffic in Norway. In May 19 women and men died In June 18 people lost their lives In July it was down to 11 Then it rose again in August to 19 – What we see is that summer traffic takes many lives in Norway. Of the 118 who died, 67 died in May, June, July, August, says Hovland. – Calls for better road standards Earlier this year, the road director called in a crisis meeting, against the background of all the fatal accidents. The weekend before, two people died in a motorcycle accident in Bardu in Troms and Finnmark. At the same time, two people died in Gjesdal in Rogaland. Earlier in the same month, the 12-year-old in Øygarden in Vestland and three friends also died in the Blindheim tunnel in Møre og Romsdal. Four people died in a traffic accident in the Steigentunnel in Nordland in May. Photo: Elena Junie Paulsen / news Press manager Ingunn Handagard in NAF says the development in 2022 was worrying, after several years of a decline in traffic fatalities. She calls for better road standards. – We know that many of the accidents that have the most serious outcome are head-on accidents and run-off accidents. So we believe that a constant upgrade of the road network is also necessary to ensure that this trend does not develop in the years to come, says Handagard. Press manager at NAF, Ingrunn Handagard, says it is important to constantly upgrade vegans. Photo: Kjartan Rørslett / news So many died in each county There were large variations in the death toll between different counties in 2022. The highest number is in Viken, with 22 deaths. In Møre and Romsdal, everyone in the one car died in a head-on collision. Recently, a young driver was charged with negligent homicide. Viken: 22 Oslo: 5 Inland: 13 Vestfold and Telemark: 12 Agder: 6 Rogaland: 12 Vestland: 10 Møre and Romsdal: 3 Nordland: 13 Trøndelag: 7 Troms and Finnmark: 11 Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nygård (Ap) wins the zero vision of no one has been killed or seriously injured in traffic so far in Norway. – We still have a long way to go to reach the zero vision. The accident trend in 2022 shows that it is absolutely crucial that we keep up the focus and effort in the road safety work. That work will continue until 2023, he says. – A heart of gold Noah still life at the bus stop in Øygarden on Tuesday 14 June. The police said early on that there was no suspicion that the accident driver was drunk or driving recklessly. Noah Landro is portrayed as a boy with a heart of gold. Photo: Privat During the funeral, the entire local community turned up. Principal Anita Vabø said that the 12-year-old was very special: “You had a heart of gold, Noah, and you had a unique ability to see those who needed it. You did that both through words and actions. We have lost the most valuable thing we could lose: a student, a schoolmate, a classmate and a good friend. You meant a lot to many people.” The family is aware that news is now covering the accident again. They have approved the use of extracts from the funeral speech and the picture of Noah. The first version stated that a bus was involved in the accident. The correct thing is that it was a car. This is no longer the case. Several people laid flowers at the accident site in Øygarden after the accident in June. 12-year-old Noah Landro died here. Photo: Cato Kristensen / news
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Noah Landro was only 12 years old – 118 died in traffic in 2022 – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
