Press release No. N 039 of 21 July 2020
WIESBADEN - Discussions about speed in road traffic are continuing. It is a known fact that 32% of the people who were killed in a traffic accident in 2019 died in an accident where the police accused at least one driver of driving at an inappropriate speed. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that a total of 963 people died in accidents due to inappropriate speed last year, while 53,687 were injured. 13,769 of them were severely injured.