Spectrum: Would you have thought that in 1970 there were an unimaginable 21.332 road fatalities - including countless cyclists. A lot has happened since then. According to estimates by the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), the numbers will fall again this year. And that despite steadily increasing annual mileage.
The number of accidents, injuries and deaths will decrease in 2020
Shortly before the end of the year, the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) assumes that 2020 around 2.800 traffic fatalities will give. This corresponds to one compared to the previous year Decrease of around 9 percent. According to the experts, the number of accidents recorded by the police has fallen even more significantly.
Here it is "only" 2,33 million, what a decrease of 13 percent equals. At the same time, the number of accidents involving personal injury is only 272.000 and the number of people injured 342.300. In order to determine the number of accidents for the current year as precisely as possible, the experts use complex time series models from previous years.
Non-motorized transport is lagging behind
That sounds good at first glance, doesn't it? A deeper look into the figures is a bit more sobering. For pedestrians and cyclists, all these numbers also fell or at least stagnated. The latter is the case with fatally injured pedestrians. Here are the estimates like in the previous year 417 cases.
The number of cyclists killed, on the other hand, fell from 445 (2019) to 430. Why is this number still a success? Because cycling has grown massively, especially in the Corona year. In such an environment, decline of 3,3 percent is at least a positive signal.
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