Statistics show increase in Germany road accidents

Worrying road safety statistics have been released in Germany that reveal an increase in accidents and fatalities. These are in marked contrast to the data for last year, which saw a record low in road fatality rates in Germany. The country’s Federal Statistics Office, Destatis, has released preliminary figures showing that the number of people killed in road traffic in Germany increased 8.5% to 1,809 in the first half of 2011 compared to the year-earlier period. By contrast, the number of accidents registe
May 10, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Worrying road safety statistics have been released in Germany that reveal an increase in accidents and fatalities.

These are in marked contrast to the data for last year, which saw a record low in road fatality rates in Germany. The country’s Federal Statistics Office, 5143 Destatis, has released preliminary figures showing that the number of people killed in road traffic in Germany increased 8.5% to 1,809 in the first half of 2011 compared to the year-earlier period. By contrast, the number of accidents registered by the police decreased by 2.1% to around 1.12 million in the first half of 2011 compared to the first half of 2010.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Cause for concern – Cambodia’s crashes
    July 5, 2016
    Cambodia’s road crashes are already resulting in a high rate of deaths and injuries. The country’s traffic police released data showing that for the first half of 2016 the country saw 919 fatalities from road crashes, as well as 3,909 serious injuries. Of those killed, 80% were riding motorcycles and police data shows that 70% of those powered two wheeler users killed were not wearing helmets at the time. Speeding, driving tired and drunk driving were reported by the traffic police as being the three major
    Read More
  • India’s poor road safety requires improvement
    September 13, 2016
    The Indian Government has revealed that 146,133 people died in crashes on the country’s roads during 2015. This figure is of concern as it is an increase of 4.6% over India’s road fatality rate of 139,671 for the previous year. Also of concern is the fact that over half of the people who died in crashes were aged from 15-34, revealing that there is a particularly high risk for the young on India’s roads. The data also shows that there were 501,423 reported crashes on India’s road network in 2015, an increas
    Read More
  • Road safety for Thailand and Morocco
    November 27, 2012
    Both in Thailand and Morocco the authorities are looking separately at ways in which road safety can be improved. The two countries face similar problems with regard to road safety and have, independently, embarked on similar paths with a view to resolving the issue. Morocco’s Works and Transport Ministry is setting up a think tank that will attempt to tackle the country’s growing rate of road fatalities. The Moroccan Government intends to ban the use of unroadworthy vehicles and will further amend the cou
    Read More
  • Road safety changes for 2022 in Europe
    January 20, 2023
    Road safety changes have been seen for 2022 in Europe.
    Read More

Highlighted Content