Press release No. 486 of 12 December 2018
WIESBADEN – The number of traffic accident fatalities in Germany is expected to increase slightly in 2018, following decreased in the last two year. According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) based on data available for the period January to September 2018, the number of road traffic accident fatalities is expected to increase by roughly 1% on the previous year to about 3,220. In 2017, 3,180 people had died on German roads. The number of persons injured in 2018 is also expected to be up by roughly 1% to approximately 393,000 compared with 2017.
