Fatal road accidents in Germany fall by 14.1% in H1 2013

The number of people who died in road traffic accidents in Germany fell by 14.1% (239) to 1,454 in the first half of 2013, according to preliminary figures given by Germany's Federal Statistics Office, Destatis. The number of people injured in road traffic accidents over the same six-month period fell by 8.8% year-on-year to around 167,700. The overall number of accidents registered by the police decreased by 1.5% to around 1.15 million in the first half of 2013.
August 27, 2013 Read time: 1 min
The number of people who died in road traffic accidents in Germany fell by 14.1% (239) to 1,454 in the first half of 2013, according to preliminary figures given by Germany's Federal Statistics Office, 5143 Destatis.

The number of people injured in road traffic accidents over the same six-month period fell by 8.8% year-on-year to around 167,700. The overall number of accidents registered by the police decreased by 1.5% to around 1.15 million in the first half of 2013.
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