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Serious accident in Wernigerode: Biker seriously injured after VW collision!
On August 10, 2025, a VW collided with a motorcycle in Drei Annen Hohne. The biker was seriously injured and investigations are ongoing.
Serious accident in Wernigerode: Biker seriously injured after VW collision!
On August 10, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred in Wernigerode OT Drei Annen Hohne. At around 3:45 p.m., a 28-year-old driver in his VW car collided in a right-hand bend with a Suzuki motorcycle driven by a 45-year-old biker. The situation escalated when the car driver repeatedly drove into the oncoming lane, which ultimately resulted in a collision. The motorcyclist sustained serious injuries that required immediate medical attention. He was treated at the scene of the accident and then flown to Nordhausen Hospital in a rescue helicopter. The total damage is estimated at 5,500 euros and the motorcycle is no longer roadworthy and had to be towed away. The Harz police station has initiated an investigation against the car driver for dangerous interference with road traffic.
Accidents like this are not only tragic, they also shed light on the current traffic situation in Germany. According to Destatis, traffic safety statistics serve to obtain comprehensive and comparable data on the accident situation. This information is crucial for legislation and measures to improve traffic education and road construction. The federal statistics look at accidents in detail and show structures and dependencies between accident-determining factors. It is therefore essential that every road user acts responsibly in order to increase road safety and avoid such incidents in the future.
Road accidents in the EU
Traffic accidents have serious consequences not only in Germany but throughout Europe. According to the European Parliament, thousands of people die in traffic accidents every year. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of road traffic deaths in Europe fell by 36 percent, but there were still 18,800 traffic deaths in 2020. Particular attention should be paid to younger road users, as 12 percent of traffic fatalities in 2018 were between the ages of 18 and 24, despite making up only 8 percent of the population. The traffic statistics make it clear that men in particular, who make up 76 percent of traffic fatalities, are at a higher risk.
At the local level, such accidents are not just terrible individual fates, they influence the sense of community and mobility in the region. Preventive measures are necessary to reduce the number of traffic accidents and to raise awareness of the dangers in road traffic. The tragic incident in Wernigerode once again makes it clear that safety should always come first.