Heavy collision in Freiberg: Children in the hospital after accident!

Heavy collision in Freiberg: Children in the hospital after accident!

Humboldtstraße Ecke Buchstraße, 09599 Freiberg, Deutschland - On Tuesday evening there was a traffic accident in Freiberg, which demanded two slightly injured. Around 6:55 p.m. Collideden a Ford and a Hyundai at the intersection Humboldtstraße, corner of Buchstrasse, because the 31-year-old Hyundai driver literally ignored the right of way. The Ford driver, 40 years old, and a ten-year-old child were taken to the hospital, while the Hyundai driver remained unharmed and yet had a three-year-old child delivered as a check. A look at the damage height shows that a total amount of around 7,000 euros is made here, as Blick.de reports.

The accident caused by an ancestor error throws a bright light on the safety of children in road traffic. This is particularly important if you look at the latest statistics. According to a publication of the Federal Statistical Office, the figures for traffic accidents with children in Germany are worrying. In 2022, around 25,800 children were injured in traffic accidents, which corresponds to an increase of 16 percent compared to the previous year. Tragically, 51 children died. On average, this means that a child has an accident every 20 minutes in a traffic accident, according to the data from Tagesschau.de.

the view of the statistics

The analysis of the accident statistics also shows that most accidents in children between the ages of 6 and 14 passed between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., followed by the period between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. In collaborated numbers, this means that 14 percent of accidents took place in the first period and 11 percent in the second. Another interesting fact is that 36 percent of the children affected were traveling by bike, while 34 percent were inmate in a car and 22 percent on foot.

Especially for children under the age of six, it is important to know that they are often in the car with supervising adults, which makes up 58 percent of accidents in this age group. For the 6 to 14 year olds, the focus is on bicycle accidents (42 percent), followed by car inmates (28 percent) and on foot (21 percent).