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Press release No. 561 of 22 December 2022 6 fewer traffic accident fatalities in October than in the same month a year earlier
In October 2022, a total of 255 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 6 people on October 2021. The number of people injured …
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Press release No. 512 of 5 December 2022 Number of traffic accident fatalities expected to increase significantly to roughly 2,790 in 2022
The number of people who died in traffic accidents in Germany is expected to increase by roughly 9% in 2022 compared with the previous year after having fallen to a historical low in 2021. According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. 490 of 21 November 2022 19 less traffic accident fatalities in September 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In September 2022, 252 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 19 people compared with September 2021. The number of people …
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Press release No. 452 of 24 October 2022 49 traffic accident fatalities more in August 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In August 2022, 291 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people who died in such accidents was up by 49 compared with August …
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Press release No. 408 of 23 September 2022 44 traffic accident fatalities more in July 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In July 2022, 321 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 44 people more were killed than in July 2021. The number of people injured increased by 5% …
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Press release No. N055 of 31 August 2022 22,300 children were harmed in road traffic accidents in 2021
The number of children involved in road traffic accidents fell to a new historical low in the second year of the pandemic. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that approximately 22,300 children aged under 15 years were harmed in road …
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Press release No. 360 of 24 August 2022 Road traffic accidents in the 1st half of 2022: fatalities up by 131 compared with the same period a year earlier
In the first six months of 2022, 1,238 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was an increase of 131 people, or 12%, from the first half of 2021. The …
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Press release No. 312 of 25 July 2022 Road traffic accidents in May 2022: 45 traffic accident fatalities more than in the same month a year earlier
In May 2022, 254 people died, and 35,100 were injured, in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 45 traffic accident fatalities and 10,200 …
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Press release No. N 043 of 12 July 2022 Pedelec accidents: more younger people killed or injured
An increasing number of younger people enjoy riding electrically-assisted pedal cycles – this is shown also by the accident figures. In 2014, more than half (54.5%) of the riders of such pedelecs (or e-bikes, as they are often referred to …
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Press release No. 286 of 7 July 2022 Traffic accidents, 2021: all-time low for accident fatalities and people injured
In 2021, 2,562 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany, which was a decrease of 157 people, or 5.8% on the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of people injured dropped by 1.3% to 323,129 …
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Press release No. 256 of 21 June 2022 Road traffic accidents in April 2022: 34 traffic accident fatalities more than in the same month a year earlier
In April 2022, 214 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 34 more people were killed in road traffic in April 2022 than in April 2021 when the …
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Press release No. 213 of 24 May 2022 Road traffic accidents in March 2022: 16 traffic accident fatalities more than in the same month a year earlier
In March 2022, 203 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 16 more people were killed in road traffic in March 2022 than in March 2021 when the …
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Press release No. 177 of 22 April 2022
Road traffic accidents in February 2022:
25 traffic accident fatalities more than in the same month a year earlier
In February 2022, 151 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was 25 fatalities more than in February 2021. The number of people injured was …
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Press release No. 128 of 24 March 2022 Road traffic accidents in January 2022: 12 traffic accident fatalities more than in the same month a year earlier
In January 2022, 149 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was 12 fatalities more than in January 2021. The number of people injured was …
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Press release No. 076 of 25 February 2022 Traffic accidents in 2021: number of fatalities down by 150 compared with a year earlier
In 2021, 2,569 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 150, or 6%, on a year earlier (2,719 fatalities) and 16% less than in …
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Press release No. 030 of 21 January 2022 198 traffic accident fatalities in November 2021
In November 2021, 198 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that 7 more people were killed than in November 2020. The number of people injured was up by …
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Press release No. 599 of 23 December 2021 260 traffic accident fatalities in October 2021
In October 2021, a total of 260 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that 28 more people were killed than in October 2020. The number of people injured …
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Press release No. 571 of 14 December 2021 Number of traffic accident fatalities expected to fall to a new record low in 2021
The number of people who died in traffic accidents in Germany is expected to reach a new all-time low in 2021. According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on data available for the period January to September 2021, the …
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Press release No. 533 of 23 November 2021 268 traffic accident fatalities in September 2021
In September 2021, 268 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 2 people compared with September 2020. The number of people …
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Press release No. 491 of 22 October 2021 August 2021: traffic accident fatalities down by 28 on August 2020
In August 2021, 241 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that their number was down by 28 compared with August 2020. The number of people injured …
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Press release No. 450 of 23 September 2021 July 2021: traffic accident fatalities down by 9 on July 2020
In July 2021, 268 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that their number was down by 9 compared with July 2020. The number of people injured …
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Press release No. N 055 of 20 September 2021 Historic record low level: number of traffic accidents involving children markedly down in corona year 2020
The low traffic volume owing to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 had a significant impact on the number of traffic accidents involving children. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 22,500 children were affected by road …
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Press release No. 394 of 20 August 2021 Road traffic accidents in the 1st half of 2021: lowest number of people killed or injured since German reunification
The traffic volume, which has remained low owing to the coronavirus pandemic, had a significant impact on road traffic accidents also in the first half of 2021. In the first six months of the year, 1,128 people died in road traffic accidents in …
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Press release No. 353 of 23 July 2021 Traffic accident fatalities in May 2021: number down by 12 on the same month a year earlier
In May 2021, a total of 221 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this is an expected decline of 12 people compared with May 2020. The number of …
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Press release No. 336 of 13 July 2021 Interactive Accident Atlas for the first time providing data for all German Länder
Where do most traffic accidents involving personal injury occur in the place where I live? Where do fatal accidents occur? Were passenger cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles or pedestrians involved in the accident? These questions are answered by the …
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Press release No. 321 of 7 July 2021 Seven people died on average every day in road traffic accidents in 2020
The lower traffic volume owing to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 had a significant impact on road traffic accidents. According to results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the police recorded just over 2.2 million traffic accidents in …
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Press release No. 288 of 21 June 2021 Traffic accident fatalities in April 2021: number down by 60 on the same month a year earlier
In April 2021, 184 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 60 people compared with April 2020. The number of road …
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Press release No. 245 of 25 May 2021 192 traffic accident fatalities in March 2021
According to provisional results, 192 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany in March 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 31 people, or 19%, compared with March 2020. The number of …
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Press release No. 198 of 22 April 2021 New record low of 128 traffic accident fatalities in February 2021
In February 2021, a total of 128 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. This was a decrease of 63 people compared with February 2020. The number of road traffic accident fatalities in February 2021 was the lowest ever recorded in a month …
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Press release No. 170 of 7 April 2021 Strong decrease in number of car occupants killed also in 2020
In 2020, 2,719 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany, according to figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was a decrease of 10.7% compared with 2019. The development of accidents in 2020 was strongly …
