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Press release No. 160 of 21 April 2023 Road traffic accidents in February 2023: 5% more persons injured than in the same month a year earlier
...Compared with February 2020, the month before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany, the number of fatalities was down by 24 and that of persons injured by roughly 2,700 (-11%)....
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Press release No. 117 of 24 March 2023 Road traffic accidents in January 2023: 8% more persons injured than in the same month of the previous year
...In January 2023, just under 23,000 people were injured in traffic accidents in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is 8%, or just under 1,800 people, more than in the same month a year earlier. The number of traffic accident fatalities increased by 11 people to 158 in January 2023 year on year. ...
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Press release No. 073 of 24 February 2023 Traffic accidents in 2022: 220 more fatalities than in the previous year
...In 2022, 2,782 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 220, or 9%, on a year earlier (2,562 fatalities) and 9% less than in 2019, the year before the Covid-19 pandemic (3,046 fatalities). ...
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Press release No. N013 of 2 March 2023 CORRECTION: Older people have fewer traffic accidents
...The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that they represented 14.5% of all people involved in accidents. However, 22.1% of the population in Germany were 65 years or over in 2021. One reason for the lower accident involvement may be that older people do not drive to work regularly and therefore use the roads less frequently than younger people. ...
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Press release No. 031 of 23 January 2023 Road traffic accidents in November 2022: number of persons injured up by roughly 9% year on year
...In November 2022, just over 29,000 people were injured in traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that their number increased by just under 2,400, or 9%, compared with the same month a year earlier. The number of people killed in traffic accidents rose by seven to 203 in the same period. ...
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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 (Destatis) based on data available for the period January to September 2022, the number of people killed in road traffic accidents is expected to increase by more than 220 compared with 2021 to about 2,790....
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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. 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. 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 on a year earlier. ...
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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 markedly up by 36%, or roughly 5,600, to 21,000 in January 2022 year on year. ...
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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. 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. 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 number of traffic accident fatalities is expected to decrease to 2,450. ...
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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. 245 of 25 May 2021 192 traffic accident fatalities in March 2021
...However, the comparative figures of March 2020 were particularly low. This was due to the fact that Germany was hit by the first wave of infection of the coronavirus pandemic in that month. Public life was slowing and the first lockdown came into force....
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Press release No. N 039 of 21 July 2020 Every nine hours someone is killed in a traffic accident due to inappropriate speed in Germany
Discussions about speed in road traffic are continuing. It is a known fact that 32% of the people who were killed in a traffic accident in 2019 died in an accident where the police accused at least one driver of driving at an inappropriate speed. The …
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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
...The Accident Atlas thus shows accident frequencies by road section and accident location in all of Germany....
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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
...According to results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the police recorded just over 2.2 million traffic accidents in Germany in 2020. This was a decrease of 16.4% compared with 2019. There was only material damage in just under 2.0 million accidents, while people were injured or killed in roughly 264,000 traffic accidents. ...
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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 …
