Serious traffic accident in Elsfleth: 56-year-old injured after rollover

Serious traffic accident in Elsfleth: 56-year-old injured after rollover

On July 10, 2025, there was a serious traffic accident in the Lower Saxony city of Elsfleth, which is located in the Wesermarsch district. Here, a car crashed into another vehicle with full force, which resulted in serious injuries. The 56-year-old driver was seriously injured and had to be freed from her demolished car by the fire brigade. After the rescue, she was immediately flown to a hospital with a rescue helicopter. Fortunately, the 32-year-old driver of the other vehicle and a three-year-old child remained unharmed, such as [stern.de] (https://www.stern.de/sgesellschaft/regional/niedersachsen-bremen/landkreis-wesermarsch --auto-Ueberschlaegt-sich --56-jaehrige-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-chwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer-schwer.

The cause of the accident is quickly clarified: the driver of the second vehicle had overlooked the 56-year-old's car when crossing the intersection. The impact was so strong that the woman's vehicle overturned. The property damage is estimated at around 35,000 euros.

traffic safety in focus

This tragic scene takes a look at a bigger problem in the field of traffic safety. Statistics show that thousands of people in the EU lose their lives or are seriously injured in traffic accidents every year. It is particularly alarming that in 2019 almost 22,800 people died in traffic accidents in the EU, while the EU average is over 180 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants, such as [europarl.eu] (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/de/article/20190410sto3615/ Verkehrs accident statistics-in-der-eu-eu-eu-eu-eu-u Despite a decline in the racing dead by 36 percent between 2010 and 2020, such accidents remain a serious matter.

The traffic accident statistics created by destatis.de has proven to be an important tool to provide current and nationwide comparable data on traffic safety. It not only serves to analyze accidents, but also to formulate measures in legislation, traffic education as well as in road construction and in vehicle technology.

The recording of accidents helps to recognize structural problems in road traffic and to fix them specifically. The focus is on the age groups between 18 and 24 and the over 65-year-olds in particular because they make up a significant share in the road dead. While the number of traffic fatalities in the age group of 18 to 24-year-olds has decreased by 43 percent since 2010, older road users have increased, which shows that there is an urgent need for action here.

At the local level, the incident in Elsfleth is just another example of how important it is to take traffic safety seriously. It should not only be about information about traffic rules, but also about each of us perceiving their responsibility in road traffic. This is the only way we can help to avoid such serious accidents in the future.