Police accident on Alexanderplatz: Vehicle overturns, injured!

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Accident on Alexanderplatz: police cars overturned, several injuries. On -site emergency services, extensive closures.
Accident on Alexanderplatz: police cars overturned, several injuries. On -site emergency services, extensive closures. (Symbolbild/NAG)

In the early morning of June 12, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, where a police vehicle crashed into another car and rolled over. According to Tagesspiegel , three police officers and the driver of the other involved were slightly injured. The injured were immediately taken to the hospital.

The accident occurred in the intersection of Alexanderstrasse and Bernhard-Weiß-Straße during a police drive. The vehicles collided, which overturned the police vehicle to the side. Rescue workers were quickly on site to provide first aid. Due to the accident recording, there were extensive closures in the affected area.

further accidents on the same morning

. Here, too, the police and fire brigade were on site with numerous emergency services. However, there was unclear about the exact cause of the collision. Due to the serious accident, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße was closed extensively, but has now been cleared again.

Current traffic accident statistics

Traffic accidents in Berlin and Germany as a whole are a serious problem. Statistics show that the police recorded a considerable number of traffic accidents every year, which are then summarized by the Federal Statistical Office. In 2019 there were about 2.69 million traffic accidents in Germany, which corresponds to an increase of almost 2% compared to 2018, as can be seen from the data of Dahrenstäcken.de The trend shows that the number of traffic accidents rises again after a decline during the Corona pandemic.

faulty driving behavior remains the main cause of accidents with 88%, followed by general causes and misconduct of pedestrians. It is terrifying to see that almost 8 people in Germany lose their lives every day in traffic accidents. Therefore, it is important to take events such as those at Alexanderplatz seriously and to check and promote measures to improve traffic safety.

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