The corona pandemic also has a good side: due to the lower volume of traffic, the number of accident victims has fallen.
The number of traffic fatalities fell again last year. Noisy Federal Statistical Office According to preliminary results, 2021 people died in Germany in 2.569, 150 fewer than in the previous year. This corresponds to the lowest level since statistics began more than 60 years ago. According to the statisticians, the Corona pandemic a role that has caused a decrease in traffic.
Fewer road fatalities and personal injuries
The number of injured fell by 2 percent to 321.000 people. Overall, the police registered 2,3 million accidents last year, three percent more than in 2020. The number of accidents involving personal injury fell by 2 percent to 258.000.
The data for the number of victims of the individual road users is only available for the first eleven months. According to this, cyclists had the greatest drop in fatalities at 18 percent. The number of pedestrians who died fell by 14 percent and that of pedelec riders by 9 percent. Six percent fewer people died in cars than in the same period last year. The number of people killed in goods vehicles rose by 6 percent.