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Press release No. 160 of 21 April 2023 Road traffic accidents in February 2023: 5% more persons injured than in the same month a year earlier
In February 2023, roughly 21,600 people were injured in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that their number increased by approximately 900, or 5%, compared with the same …
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Press release No. 117 of 24 March 2023 Road traffic accidents in January 2023: 8% more persons injured than in the same month of the previous year
In January 2023, just under 23,000 people were injured in traffic accidents in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is 8%, or just under 1,800 people, more than in the same month a year earlier. The number of traffic …
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Press release No. N013 of 2 March 2023 CORRECTION: Older people have fewer traffic accidents
CORRECTION: As a proportion of the total population, older people are involved in fewer traffic accidents than younger people. In 2021, 66,812 people aged 65 years or over were involved in accidents resulting in personal injury. The Federal …
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Press release No. 073 of 24 February 2023 Traffic accidents in 2022: 220 more fatalities than in the previous year
In 2022, 2,782 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 220, or 9%, on a year earlier (2,562 fatalities) and 9% less …
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Press release No. 031 of 23 January 2023 Road traffic accidents in November 2022: number of persons injured up by roughly 9% year on year
In November 2022, just over 29,000 people were injured in traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that their number increased by just under 2,400, or 9%, compared with the …
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Press release No. 561 of 22 December 2022 6 fewer traffic accident fatalities in October than in the same month a year earlier
In October 2022, a total of 255 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decline of 6 people on October 2021. The number of people injured …
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Press release No. 512 of 5 December 2022 Number of traffic accident fatalities expected to increase significantly to roughly 2,790 in 2022
The number of people who died in traffic accidents in Germany is expected to increase by roughly 9% in 2022 compared with the previous year after having fallen to a historical low in 2021. According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. 490 of 21 November 2022 19 less traffic accident fatalities in September 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In September 2022, 252 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 19 people compared with September 2021. The number of people …
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Press release No. 452 of 24 October 2022 49 traffic accident fatalities more in August 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In August 2022, 291 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people who died in such accidents was up by 49 compared with August …
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Press release No. 408 of 23 September 2022 44 traffic accident fatalities more in July 2022 than in the same month a year earlier
In July 2022, 321 people were killed in road traffic accidents in Germany. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 44 people more were killed than in July 2021. The number of people injured increased by 5% …
