Three injured in the event of an accident: Ms. gets on the oncoming lane!

A traffic accident that happened on Wednesday, March 5, around 2:20 p.m., led to three injuries. A 54-year-old woman from Lage drove her Renault Clio on the confluence with Stapelager Straße and Fahrentruper Straße and got on the trail of oncoming traffic. As a result, she collided with another Renault Clio, who was controlled by a 34-year-old woman from Nienburg (Weser). There was also a 12-year-old passenger in this vehicle.

In the collision, all three people were injured and had to be taken to the hospital immediately. Both vehicles were no longer ready to drive after the accident and had to be towed. The estimated property damage amounts to around 14,000 euros. The accident area remained closed until around 4 p.m. to carry out the accident recording and the clean-up work, such as lz.de reported .

Statistical background to traffic accidents in Germany

A recently published report by Destatis.de illuminates the general traffic accident statistics in Germany. In 2024, 2,780 people died in road traffic accidents, which corresponds to a decline of 2% compared to 2023. This value has been the third lowest level since 1953. The number of injuries also fell 1% to around 363,000 people. A total of over 2.5 million accidents were registered, which also represents a decline of 1% compared to the previous year.

It is particularly noticeable that the number of serious injuries has decreased by 5% to 50,300, which has been the lowest value since 1991. In 2024 there were a total of over 289,000 accidents with injuries or dead, which also shows a slight decline.