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Goods transport in 2011: volume of transport increasing 6.5%
Press release
No.
038
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2012-02-02
Goods transport in Germany increased markedly in 2011. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the volume of transport in 2011 is expected to have risen 6.5% on the previous year, reaching 4.3 billion tonnes. That has been the largest year-on-year increase since 1994 (+7.5% on 1993).
2011: More passengers by bus and rail and by air
Press release
No.
028
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2012-01-26
Based on the monthly and quarterly key data at hand for Germany, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) expects the numbers of passengers in public passenger transport by bus and rail to be up 0.4% and the air passenger numbers to be up 5.3% in 2011 on the previous year.
Number of persons killed in road traffic accidents down by nearly 10% in November 2011
Press release
No.
025
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2012-01-20
319 people died on German roads in November 2011. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ) on the basis of provisional results, that is 35 people or 9.9% less than in November 2010. The number of persons injured decreased, too, that is by 4.0% to about 31,000.
Summer 2011: 3.4 million passengers more than a year ago
Press release
No.
489
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2011-12-30
During the summer flight schedule 2011 from April to October 65.0 million passengers departed from German airports. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this means an increase of 3.4 million passengers (+5.5%) from the summer flight period of 2010.
More people killed in road traffic accidents also in October 2011
Press release
No.
477
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2011-12-20
80 people died on German roads in October 2011. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was 41 persons or 12.1% more than a year earlier. Thus the number of people killed in October 2011 was almost as high as in October 2009 (383 persons). The number of persons seriously or slightly injured in accidents rose 4.2% in October 2011 compared with the same month of the previous year, reaching about 36,500.
2011: number of persons killed in traffic accidents expected to be up 7% to 3,900
Press release
No.
462
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2011-12-12
For the first time in 20 years, the number of persons killed in traffic accidents will increase in 2011. According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), based on key data available for the period January to October 2011, the number of people killed in traffic accidents will rise to about 3,900 this year. That would be some 7% more people killed than in 2010.
Inland water transport in 2010: Increase of turnover: +4,1%
Press release
No.
453
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2011-12-08
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 970 enterprises resident in Germany were engaged in inland water transport in mid 2010. These enterprises had 2,513 inland water crafts for the carriage of passengers and goods (–3.5% to 2009), and employed 7,292 (–2.4%) persons in this field of activity.
Rail transport: Increase of 7.1% from January to September 2011
Press release
No.
438
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2011-11-29
In the first three quarters of 2011, goods with a total weight of 283.0 million tonnes were transported on German railway lines. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that is a 7.1% increase from the corresponding period of the previous year. This means that the value for the first nine months of the pre-crisis level of 2008 was nearly reached (–0.4%).
Road traffic: number of casualties up 5.8% in September 2011 from a year earlier
Press release
No.
428
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2011-11-21
About 38,900 people had a traffic accident on German roads in September 2011. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was 5.8% more than in the same month of the previous year. This means that in seven out of nine months this year, more people were harmed in road traffic accidents than in the same month a year earlier.
Number of people killed in accidents on German roads up 27% in August 2011
Press release
No.
394
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2011-10-24
In August 2011, 380 people were killed in accidents on German roads. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was an increase of 80 people or 27% on August 2010. Thus the number of people killed increased nearly to the August 2009 level (386) after it had markedly declined in August 2010 (-22%).
1st half of 2011: goods transported by inland waterway vessels down 1.1%
Press release
No.
388
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2011-10-19
Goods transport on inland waterways fell by 1.1% in the first six months of 2011 compared with the same period one year earlier. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 110.2 million tonnes of goods were transported on German inland waterways. In the first half of 2010 it had been 111.4 million tonnes.
1st half of 2011: maritime transport growing 6.4%
Press release
No.
367
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2011-10-04
In the first half of 2011, freight transhipment in maritime transport rose 6.4% on the same period of the previous year. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 144.1 million tonnes of freight were transhipped in German sea ports. However, sea freight transhipment had reached a value of 162.4 million tonnes in the period from January to June 2008, that is, before the worldwide economic and financial crisis.
5.5 billion passengers used bus and rail transport in the first half of 2011
Press release
No.
353
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2011-09-23
The number of passengers using means of public regular road and rail transport in Germany increased by 0.4 % in the first half of 2011 from the corresponding period of the preceding year. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the larger enterprises of public regular passenger transport (enterprises with a minimum of yearly 250,000 passengers) carried more than 5.5 billion passengers.
July 2011: number of people killed in traffic accidents once more decreasing
Press release
No.
351
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2011-09-22
In July 2011, 361 people lost their lives on German roads. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was 70 people or 16% less than in July 2010.
Car-Free Day: cars remaining much more popular than buses and rail
Press release
No.
348
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2011-09-21
Cars were by far the most popular means of passenger transport in the European Union (EU) in 2008. This has been the case for many years now. 83 % of all passenger-kilometres in the EU were covered by passenger cars in 2008, whereas buses and rail together had a share of 17 %. As regards passenger car use, Germany was slightly above the EU average.
About 3.4 million more air passengers in the first half of 2011
Press release
No.
338
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2011-09-14
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of about 46.7 million passengers travelled from German airports during the first six months of 2011. This was an increase of about 3.4 million departing air passengers or 7.9% from the corresponding period of the previous year.
More than 50% of all farmers using slurry for fertilising purposes
Press release
No.
318
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2011-09-05
Some 166,000 agricultural holdings used liquid farm manure, including slurry, liquid manure and digestate from biogas installations, to fertilise their agricultural areas in 2010. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on provisional results, that was a share of 56% of all holdings in Germany that cultivated agricultural areas in 2010.
Rail freight transport up 8.1% in first half of 2011
Press release
No.
316
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2011-09-01
In the first six months of 2011, goods with a total weight of 188.0 million tonnes were transported on German railway lines. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that is an 8.1% increase from the first half of 2010. This means that the pre-crisis level of the first half of 2008, when the volume carried in rail freight transport was 189.8 million tonnes, was almost reached again. In the course of the first half of 2011, however, the increase has slowed down: While the year-on-year growth in the first three months was 10.6%, the volume transported from April to June rose just 5.8%.
Balance of accidents in 1st half of 2011: Markedly more casualties, but fewer accidents
Press release
No.
305
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2011-08-22
1,809 people died in road traffic accidents in the first six months of 2011. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 141 persons or 8.5% more than in the first half of 2010. Almost the same increase was recorded for the number of persons injured, which rose 8.1% to about 182,800 people.
Number of people killed in traffic accidents up by one fifth in May 2011
Press release
No.
274
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2011-07-21
In May 2011, 375 people were killed on German roads. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was 63 people or about 20% more than in May 2010. The number of people injured rose even more markedly by 27% to about 39,800.
2010 – a year with many traffic accidents but fewer people than ever killed
Press release
No.
252
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2011-07-06
2010 was the year with most accidents in eleven years. The police recorded about 2.4 million accidents all over Germany, which was 4.2% more than in 2009. Despite a higher number of accidents, the number of people killed in road traffic was lower than ever in 60 years. In 2010, 3,648 people were killed on German roads, 12% less than a year earlier. Compared with 1970, which was the worst year ever in accident statistics with 21,332 people killed, that is a decrease to just about a sixth.
Moderate increase in number of air passengers in first quarter of 2011
Press release
No.
249
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2011-07-05
In the first three months of 2011, 20.3 million passengers departed from German airports. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was 0.7 million more than in the previous year (+3.6%). While increases were marked in January (+7.9%) and February (+6.6%), a 1.9% decrease was recorded for March. The main reason is probably the fact that the Easter holidays, when many people travel, had been in March in 2010, while this year Easter was in April.
More traffic accidents but fewer fatalities in April 2011
Press release
No.
235
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2011-06-21
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 338 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany in April 2011. This was a decrease of 26 persons or 7.1% from April 2010. Thus, April was the first month this year in which the number of traffic fatalities declined as compared to the same month a year earlier. A total of 35,200 people were injured, 12% more than in April 2010.
Rail Transport grew by 10.6% in the first quarter of 2011
Press release
No.
207
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2011-05-31
A total of 92.2 million tonnes of goods were transported on German railway lines in the first quarter of 2011. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was an increase of 10.6% from the first quarter of 2010. It should be taken into account that the transport volume in the first quarter of 2009 was characterized by a plunge as a result of the economic crisis. Compared with the period January to March 2008 it went down by more than one fifth (–21.2%).
Number of persons killed in traffic accidents up 16% in the first quarter of 2011
Press release
No.
199
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2011-05-24
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 742 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany in the first three months of 2011. These were 104 persons or 16% more than in the period January to March 2010. The weather conditions until mid-March of this year, which differed from those of the previous year, were probably a reason for the strong increase. The number of people injured increased, too, though less markedly (+5.7% to 71,400).
Fewer accidents, more people killed in road traffic in February 2011
Press release
No.
156
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2011-04-21
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 201 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany in February 2011. That was 17 people or 9.2% more than in the same month of the previous year. The number of people injured also rose, that is, by 9.9% to 21,400. A total of 162,700 road traffic accidents occurred in February 2011, which was about 12% less than in February 2010. That decrease is entirely due to accidents involving material damage, which decreased by 14% to 146,200. The number of accidents involving personal injury, however, rose sharply by 11% to 16,500.
Maritime transport up by 5%, container transshipment up by more than 10% in 2010
Press release
No.
148
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2011-04-14
According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), freight transshipment in German sea ports rose by 5%, container transshipment by more than 10% in 2010. This increase, however, was not enough to offset the slump in maritime transport resulting from the global economic and financial crisis. Last year, 276 million tonnes of freight were transshipped in German sea ports. Although this was an increase of 13.1 million tonnes on 2009, it was 44.6 million tonnes below the level of freight transshipment in 2008.
Inland waterways transport increasing nearly 13% in 2010 – highest rise in container transport
Press release
No.
147
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2011-04-13
Goods transport on inland waterways in Germany recorded a 12.8% increase in 2010. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on provisional data, the volume of goods carried increased by 26 million tonnes to 229.9 million tonnes compared with 2009. However, the strong rise was not yet sufficient to fully make up for the slump suffered due to the global economic and financial crisis. In 2008, the volume of goods transported on German inland waterways amounted to 245.7 million tonnes and thus was nearly 16 million tonnes above the 2010 level. However, container transport as part of inland waterways transport reached a record high. Combined transport recorded 2,186,000 TEU (= twenty-foot equivalent unit/standard container). Never before so many goods were shipped in inland waterways transport containers.
0.1% more passengers used bus and rail transport in 2010
Press release
No.
136
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2011-04-07
According to results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of passengers using means of public regular road and rail transport in Germany increased by 0.1% in 2010 from the preceding year. The larger enterprises of public regular passenger transport (enterprises with a minimum of yearly 250,000 passengers) carried nearly 10.7 billion passengers, just under 10.6 billion passengers in regular short-distance transport and 128 million in regular long-distance transport.
Number of people killed in traffic accidents rising sharply in January 2011
Press release
No.
122
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2011-03-24
In January 2011, 241 people were killed on German roads. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results, that was 47 people or 24% more than in January 2010. The number of people injured was up by 6.8% to about 22,000.
Air tourism: numbers of passengers reaching record level in 2010
Press release
No.
087
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2011-03-04
A total 71.0 million passengers travelled from German airports to foreign destinations in 2010. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the occasion of the International Tourism Exchange (ITB) taking place in Berlin from 9 to 13 March 2011, that was 3.8 million passengers (+5.7%) more than in 2009. Hence a new record level was reached.
Rail Transport 2010: freight losses of 2009 partly compensated
Press release
No.
081
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2011-02-28
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in 2010 all German railway companies together transported 355.7 million tons of goods. After the plunge of –15.9% in 2009 the growth-rate of 14.0% in 2010 compared to 2009 marks the highest increase since the data about rail-freight have been collected, but the total transport did not reach the peak-level of 2008 (371,3 million tons).
Number of people killed in road traffic accidents lower than ever before in 2010
Press release
No.
073
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2011-02-23
In 2010, a total of 3,657 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on provisional results, that was a decline of 495 persons or 12% on 2009. Hence the positive trend observed in the past years became even stronger in 2010. The year saw the lowest number of people killed in road traffic accidents for 60 years. The number of people injured in such accidents, too, declined by 6.5% to about 371,700 compared to 2009. Despite the positive trend, however, it must not be forgotten that the average number of people killed per day totalled not less than 10 and that of people injured amounted to more than 1,000.
Air-Freight 2010: For the first time more than 4 million tonnes transported
Press release
No.
063
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2011-02-15
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), the German air-freight market (including air-mail) grew by more than a fifth: With a plus of 22.7% compared to the preceding year the German airports presented transhipments (loaded and unloaded goods) of 4.1 million tonnes. Concerning the air-freight statistics as well in terms of percentage growth rates as in absolute terms that increase marks the highest growth in the history of these statistics.
Number of air passengers in Germany up by 5.0% in 2010
Press release
No.
056
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2011-02-10
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the 2009 plunge in the number of air passengers could be compensated in 2010: the number of passengers arriving on and departing from German airports amounted to 166.0 million (+5.0% compared with 2009). With that increase the level of 2008 (165.6 million) could be reached after a decrease of 4.5% in 2009.
2010 sea freight rates up 77.5% on 2009
Press release
No.
046
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2011-02-01
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the index of sea freight rates of liner trades – calculated in Euro – was up 77.5% on an annual average in 2010 compared to the previous year. The index measures the price trends in sea transport services used by German businesses for their imports and exports in liner trades.
2010: More passengers by bus and rail and by air
Press release
No.
041
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2011-01-28
Based on the monthly and quarterly key data at hand for Germany, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) expects the numbers of passengers in public passenger transport by bus and rail to be up 0.3% and the air passenger numbers to be up 4.8% in 2010 on the previous year.
Goods transport increasing in 2010
Press release
No.
034
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2011-01-26
Goods transport in Germany increased in 2010. Based on monthly key data available, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) expects the following results for 2010: The goods carried in 2010 by all modes of transport – measured in tonnes – probably increased 3.1% on the previous year. The domestic tonne-kilometres performance, that is the product of goods carried and distance run, was up 7.3%.
Transhipment in German sea ports up 5.8% from January to September 2010
Press release
No.
029
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2011-01-21
In the first nine months of 2010, freight transhipment in maritime transport rose 5.8% on the same period a year earlier. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), 207.6 million tonnes of freight were transhipped in German sea ports from January to September. In the corresponding period of 2009, the figure was 196.3 million tonnes. Despite the increase, however, the level recorded before the slump that occurred in 2009 as a result of the worldwide economic and financial crisis was not regained yet. Before the crisis – in the first three quarters of 2008 – sea freight transhipment in German ports had amounted to over 243 million tonnes, which was 17% more than in 2010.
Despite more accidents and persons injured less people killed in road traffic accidents in November 2010
Press release
No.
025
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2011-01-20
In November 2010, 351 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on provisional results, this was a decline of 11 people or 3% on November 2009. As in October 2010, however, the number of persons injured recorded an increase. It was up 1.2% to 32,600 in November 2010 on the same month a year earlier.
Goods transport by inland waterway vessels from January to September 2010: +13%
Press release
No.
020
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2011-01-18
Goods transport on inland waterways increased by more than 13% in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period of 2009. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ) based on provisional results. Altogether, 171.3 million tonnes of goods were transported on German inland waterways by the end of the third quarter of 2010. This was an increase of nearly 20 million tonnes on a year earlier. The strong rise was however not yet sufficient to fully make up for the slump suffered in 2009 due to the global economic and financial crisis. Before the crisis, that is in the first three quarters of 2008, the volume of goods transported by inland waterway vessels amounted to nearly 187 million tonnes, which was about 16 million tonnes more than in the corresponding reference period of 2010.
More persons injured, but less persons killed in traffic accidents in October 2010
Press release
No.
486
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2010-12-23
In October 2010, 334 persons were killed in road traffic accidents. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on provisional results, this was a decline of 13% on October 2009. For the first time since July this year, however, an increase was observed in the number of persons injured (+4.1% to 36,100).
Summer 2010: 4.8 percent more passengers
Press release
No.
480
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2010-12-21
During the summer flight schedule 2010 from April to October 61.6 million passengers departed from German airports. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this means 4.8% more passengers than in the summer flight period of 2009.
German airlines: Strong decrease of turnover in 2009
Press release
No.
468
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2010-12-15
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the enterprises engaged in air transport achieved in 2009 a turnover of Euro 22.4 billion. This was a strong decrease of 13.6% to 2008. But the financial and economic crisis in 2009 had hardly any effect on the number of employees and the number of airplanes: The number of persons working in air transport (about 64,100) was 0.7% lower than in 2008. The number of airplanes increased by 0.2%.
2010: for the first time fewer than 4,000 persons killed in road traffic
Press release
No.
463
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2010-12-10
The number of persons killed in road traffic will be down to some 3,700 in 2010 – this is shown by estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on key data available for the period from January to October 2010. Hence the total number of persons killed in road traffic will fall below another thousand threshold. In 2007, the number of persons killed had decreased to under 5,000 for the first time.
Inland water transport in 2009: Decrease of turnover: –24%
Press release
No.
451
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2010-12-07
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 1,023 enterprises resident in Germanywere engaged in inland water transport in mid 2009. These enterprises had 2,604 inland water crafts for the carriage of passengers and goods (–2.1% to 2008), and employed 7,470 (–2.1%) persons in this field of activity. The enterprises engaged in inland water transport achieved in 2009 a turnover of Euro 1.3 billion (–24.1%).
175 years of railway: from 475,000 to 2.37 billion passengers
Press release
No.
447
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2010-12-03
2.37 billion times passengers went by rail in Germany in 2009, of which 2.24 billion times in short-distance transport (including S-Bahn trains) and 123 million times in long-distance transport. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the occasion of the first railway journey in Germany 175 years ago, which was a major step into the industrial age.
Rail-Freight: +16.7% from January to September 2010
Press release
No.
437
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2010-11-29
A total of 264.2 million tonnes of goods were transported on German railway lines from January to September 2010. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was an increase of 16.7% from the corresponding period of 2009. It should be taken into account that the transport volume in the first three quarters of 2009 was characterized by a plunge as a result of the economic crisis: compared with the period from January to September 2008 it went down by fifth (–20.3%).
Number of persons killed in traffic accidents decreasing also in September 2010
Press release
No.
426
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2010-11-18
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 372 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany in September 2010. That is a decrease by 5.1% on September of the previous year. In the same period, the number of persons injured was down 4.3% to 36,500.
August 2010: despite more accidents, number of people killed down by almost 23%
Press release
No.
382
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2010-10-22
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 298 people died in road traffic accidents in Germanyin August 2010. That is a decrease by 88 people or 23% from August of the previous year. The number of people injured, too, decreased by 11% to 35,400. Altogether, about 189,200 road traffic accidents occurred in August 2010, which is 1.4% more than in August 2009. That increase is entirely due to accidents involving material damage, which were up 4.0% to 161,600. The number of accidents involving personal injury fell sharply by 11% to 27,600. A reason for that large decline of the number of people killed was probably the extremely bad weather last August. In bad weather conditions, people usually drive more defensively and less often and fewer “unprotected” road users (cyclists, pedestrians) participate in traffic.
