Press release No. 380 of 24 October 2016
WIESBADEN – In August 2016, a total of 341 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of fatalities increased by 6, or 1.8%, on August 2015. The number of people injured was also up on the same month a year earlier (+3.7%), reaching roughly 38,800.