15-year-old causes serious accident: escape from the police ends dramatically!

15-year-old causes serious accident: escape from the police ends dramatically!

in St. Georgen in the Black Forest, there was a serious traffic accident on Friday evening when a 15-year-old driver fled her father's car from a police check. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. after several witnesses reported a very young driver who was traveling on public roads. The girl who accelerated and tried to escape, which ultimately had devastating consequences, reacted to the police attempt to stop.

During her escape, the young person lost control of the vehicle in a curve and crashed into a car dealership. The car not only broke through the windows of the building, but also damaged a support beam. The fire brigade had to support the building to prevent a possible collapse. In the impact, both the 15-year-old and her 16-year-old passenger were seriously injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The damage caused by the car dealership is estimated at 250,000 euros, while the damage to the vehicles involved in the accident is around 50,000 euros.

The risks of young drivers

young people between the ages of 15 and 17 are a particularly endangered group in road traffic. According to the statistics of the Federal Statistical Office, a total of 15,960 young people in this age group died in 2020, which means 13.8 % compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the fact is alarming that 64 young people in this group were fatal, which shows that the risk increases with increasing age and the acquisition of a driver's license. For example, almost half of the traffic fatalities in this age group at the age of 16 are.

According to the traffic watch, the 16-year-old drivers are particularly at risk because many of them are on the road with their first driving license. This is often accompanied by risky behavior, which can be caused by increasing self -confidence in combination with a lack of experience in road traffic.

Statistical analysis of traffic accidents

The accident statistics also show that male young people are particularly often involved in traffic accidents. In 2020, the accident in this age group was 10,220 male and 5,739 female young people. The proportion of male traffic fatalities was over 75 %, which underlines the need to take targeted measures for the safety of young drivers.

experts emphasize that the leisure behavior of young people is increasingly taking place late in the evening, which increases the risk of accidents. The causes of the accident are often due to the lack of experience and the tendency to take responsibility. A comprehensive awareness of the dangers in road traffic is therefore of the greatest importance to ensure the safety of young people.

The investigation into the serious accident in St. Georgen has already been admitted by the transport service Zimmer Ob Rottweil, and the consequences of the incident are carefully examined by the authorities. It remains to be seen which measures are taken to prevent such incidents in the future and to increase the safety of drivers.

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