In the past year, died of 3046 people in traffic accidents in Germany, which is the lowest level since statistics began more than 60 years ago. As the Federal Statistical office at the time of publication of the final Figures to be announced on Tuesday next, the number of traffic fatalities compared to the previous year by seven percent (229 people). Already in February, the statisticians had released provisional Figures, which differed slightly from the current final values.
at the same time the police captured on the German roads of 2.7 million traffic accidents, as many as never before since 1991. The number of injured fell compared to the previous year, to three percent of 384,000. Also in 2019, the most traffic were the dead car occupants: 1364 people were in the car died, 605 on a motorcycle, 445 on the bike. 417 of the fatalities were in vehicles, pedestrians and 152 of the occupants of Goods road.
In comparison to 2010, the number of deaths on the road is a 16.5 percent decline. The number of Car occupant fatalities was in 2019, in order to 25.9 per cent lower than in 2010. In the case of people who came on a motorcycle as a Moped or motorcycle died, as well as in the case of pedestrians,the declines mit14, 7 percent, or 12.4 percent, were lower. The number of cyclists killed has increased since 2010, to 16.8 percent.
Date Of Update: 14 July 2020, 09:20
