12 May 2022Accidents
Accident Statistics for young Drivers in Germany
Like in many other countries, young drivers aged 18 to 24 are also among the groups most at risk in road traffic in Germany.
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Male, driving a car or motorbike, driving too fast, and potentially under the influence of alcohol: these four factors dominate in the road traffic accident statistics of young people in many countries. Although the number of road users aged 15 to 24 killed or seriously injured in accidents has reduced – in part significantly – over the last ten years, the figures are, for the most part, still considerably above the average for the other age groups, when based on one million inhabitants.
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12 May 2022Accidents
Telematics Information Provides Valuable Insights Into the Drivin
Several motor vehicle insurers have been offering their customers telematics-based tariffs for a few years now.
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20 May 2021Accidents
Severely Increased Risk for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Road accident statistics are affected by all manner of different factors. This means that, in order to come up with measures to increase road safety, a highly nuance
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08 Nov 2020Accidents
Users of Two-Wheeled Vehicles at Particularly High Risk of Being Involved in an Accident
Although the number of car and truck drivers killed in road accidents has been on a constant decline for years in many parts of the world, the number of users of two-wheeled vehicles who are killed on the road has remained stable, and in some cases even increased.
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08 Nov 2020Accidents
Accident Statistics in Germany
With regard to accident statistics for two-wheeled vehicles in Germany, a welcome down-ward trend can be seen, at least when comparing 2019 to 2018.
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08 Nov 2020Accidents
Accidents involving E-Scooters on the rise
As of mid-June 2019, the use of “e-scooters” is now permitted on German roads with no license required. These vehicles still play a relatively minor role in terms of the country’s accident statistics.
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25 Apr 2019Accidents
Accident statistics in the EU
What does it look like in the European Union now?
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25 Apr 2019Accidents
Accident statistics in Germany
As in almost all EU member states, the trend in traffc accidents involving children under the age of 15 is very positive in Germany.
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25 Apr 2019Accidents
Pediatric biomechanics
The biomechanical characteristics of children and adults differ greatly, because children are not just small adults.
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24 Apr 2019Accidents
Still a Lot Needs to Be Done
The number was already mentioned in the introduction to this report. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, nearly 112,000 children under the age of 15 were killed in traffic accidents around the world in 2017 – approximately 49,000 of them were under five, and 62,500 were between 5 and 14 years old.
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09 Jun 2018Accidents
A Positive Trend – But Tragic Accidents Still Occur
Accident figures from EU member states, among other regions, show quite clearly that goods transport vehicles are much safer than their reputation would suggest.
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07 Jun 2018Accidents
The trend in Germany regarding heavy-duty trucks and semi-trailer tractors remains positive
Looking at the figures for 2017, the provisional accident statistics published by the German Federal Statistical Office show a significant increase in the number of goods transport vehicle occupants suffering fatal injuries
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