Shock accident in Plattling: Eleven-year-old cyclist seriously injured!

Shock accident in Plattling: Eleven-year-old cyclist seriously injured!

in Plattling, in the district of Deggendorf, a serious traffic accident occurred, in which an eleven-year-old was hit by a car on a walking and bike path. The accident happened at around 4:00 p.m. when the 19-year-old driver came off the road in a right curve and caught the boy head-on. The vehicle then crashed into a garden wall. The eleven -year -old was seriously injured in the incident and had to be taken to a hospital with a rescue helicopter. The federal road 8 was closed for around three hours after the accident, while the investigators examined the exact course of the accident on site. An expert was commissioned to clarify the reasons for the agreement of the vehicle, as these are so far unclear, as PNP

Traffic accidents in Germany have increased significantly in Germany in recent years. According to the Federal Statistical Office, there were around 2.5 million road traffic accidents in 2023, with the number increasing steadily due to the increasing traffic. It is particularly striking that most of these accidents affect property damage, while the number of accidents with personal injury remains in a stable framework, similar to since 1955. Despite all efforts to improve traffic safety, the most common causes of accidents with personal damage remain inadequate, non -adapted speed and drive under alcohol influence on the Statista website illustrate.

accident statistics and traffic safety

Statistics on traffic accidents, such as the Federal Statistical Office regularly creates, has extensive information on accidents, participants, vehicles and victims. This data not only serves to provide information about the traffic safety situation, but are also the basis for measures in legislation, traffic education and road construction. The aim of these statistics is to show the structures of the accident as well as dependencies between accident-determining factors in order to promote effective transport policy, as can be found on the Destatis

A current trend includes the growing number of accidents with e-bikes and e-scooters, in which around 23,744 people were injured or killed in 2023. The causes of the accident also develop; The crashes on motorways and federal roads are significantly higher than on state or district roads. This illustrates the urgent need for increased security measures in order to achieve the vision zero, the goal of not having any traffic dead until 2050.

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