Press Number of traffic accident fatalities up 3.8% in May 2016

Press release No. 259 of 25 July 2016

WIESBADEN – According to provisional results, 324 people died in traffic accidents in Germany in May 2016. This was an increase of 12, or 3.8%, compared with May 2015. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people injured increased by 8.0% to roughly 37,000 year-on-year.

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