Truck accident on B5: driver injured, road locked!

Truck accident on B5: driver injured, road locked!

On Monday there was a serious truck accident on the B5 between Perleberg and Quitzow, which temporarily paralyzed the road. According to information from Nordkurier the accident happened at 9.45 a.m., when a 31-year-old truck driver came off the street. The truck crashed into a tree, overturned and finally lay on the side of the road. Tragically, the tree plunged onto the road, which also complicated the situation.

The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries and was immediately taken to the hospital. A 64-year-old car driver who had driven behind the truck did not have the opportunity to avoid and was not injured in the collision with the tree. The police completely locked the road during the accident to ensure safe recovery of the truck.

high property damage and rescue work

The property damage amounts to around 150,000 euros. As Nordkurier , the disposal of the transport company is expected to be organized on the evening of June 16 and between 6 p.m. Midnight.

accidents in which goods are involved in the power vehicles seem to be an urgent problem in Germany. In 2020 there were almost 420 road traffic accidents with personal damage, in which truck were involved, such as the Research information show. In about 59.8 percent of these cases, the trucks were the main cause. Despite a decline in the number of accidents in recent decades, road traffic with goods power vehicles remains a risk. The risk of being seriously injured in such an accident or even fatal is more than four times as high for other road users as for the occupants of the truck.

similar incidents and declines in the accident

Compared to previous years, the number of accidents with personal loss in connection with freight mobile vehicles has dropped by almost 50 percent from 1995 to 2019, but the consequences of accidents still remain serious. 61 percent of accidents are in combination with cars, which underlines the need for further safety measures on the streets. The most common causes of accidents are non -compliance with the speed limit and error when turning or turning.

An analysis of the accident statistics for the period from 1992 to 2023, which was published by the Federal Statistical Office, shows that the number of accidents has decreased in recent years with a maximum value of 45,482 accidents in 1999. The number of accidents for 2020 is currently 29,882 people, with about 80 percent other road users. Statista reports that the trends should continue to be observed in order to plan and improve future security measures.