Serious accident in Mannheim: tram collides with a car!

Serious accident in Mannheim: tram collides with a car!

A traffic accident caused excitement in Mannheim on Monday evening, near the university clinic. At around 6:30 p.m., a car collided with a tram in the Wohlge district. According to SWR has been injured-it is probably the driver of the car. Fortunately, there is no danger to life, and the injured person was taken to the hospital. The exact severity of the injuries is currently still unclear.

The accident led to the impairment of tram traffic because the vehicle involved stopped on the tracks. Car traffic was diverted at the scene of the accident, which caused additional disorders in the Rush Hour. In the Mannheim region, traffic accidents often occur, and the intersections near the university hospital are known for their high traffic density.

previous accidents

A few months earlier, another serious traffic accident occurred on October 18, 2024. At that time, an 18-year-old driver ran over a red traffic light and collided with two other vehicles. This incident caused the young driver's car overturning, crashed into a signal fattening and landed on the tracks. The driver and his three passengers were seriously injured, while one of the other drivers was slightly injured. The total damage was around 80,000 euros, and here too the traffic had to be diverted extensively, such as Stuttgartter News report.

accidents like this are not uncommon, and road traffic in Germany remained marked by a high number of incidents in 2023. There were a total of around 2.5 million traffic accidents, with most of them only causing property damage. However, safety in road traffic is still a serious problem - the number of accidents with personal injury is still shaped by different causes, such as Statista shows.

The increase in accidents with e-bikes and e-scooters, which are increasingly involved in clashes, is particularly alarming. While the number of traffic fatalities in Germany has decreased since the 1970s, there has been a sudden flowering of these statistics in recent years, especially on the strongly frequented roads and intersections in cities like Mannheim.

Those responsible set the “Vision Zero” goal of not accepting any road deads by 2050, which presupposes a long way that both authorities and drivers have to take seriously. It remains to be seen which measures are taken to increase security on the streets and prevent accidents.