Senior woman overlooks 17-year-old: light motorcycle accident in Erdweg!

Senior woman overlooks 17-year-old: light motorcycle accident in Erdweg!

On Thursday at 11.45 a.m. there was an accident in Erdweg, Dachau district, which slightly injured a 17-year-old teenager who was riding a light motorcycle. The 80-year-old woman from Odelzhausen, who was driving her Nissan towards Kleinberghofen, wanted to turn left at the junction to Unterweikertshofen and overlooked the approaching teenager. The 17-year-old had the right of way and drove in the opposite direction.

The collision resulted in minor injuries to the young driver, but he was quickly taken to a Munich clinic to receive treatment. The material damage to the two vehicles remains in the lower four-digit range. This event sheds light on general road safety, which has been closely monitored by various institutions in Germany in recent years. fährstellen.de also reports on the increasing number of accidents.

A look at the accident statistics

From 2019 to 2022 there was an increase in reported traffic accidents in Germany. According to statistics from the Federal Statistical Office Destatis, around 2.69 million accidents were registered in 2019, which represents an increase of almost 2% compared to the previous year. While the numbers fell in 2020 due to the corona pandemic, further years have shown that aggressive driving behavior and distraction caused by smartphones are becoming increasingly important as common causes of accidents.

Statistically, the police say that around 88% of accidents are due to incorrect driving behavior. In the last decade, the WHO's “Decade of Action for Road Safety” was also a topic that consciously called for a rethinking of road safety. This trend makes it clear that traffic education and traffic safety policy in Germany must respond to the creeping dangers in road traffic.

Conclusion and outlook

The accident in Erdweg is an impressive example of how quickly incidents can occur in road traffic. The extensive data evaluation at Destatis and [fährstellen.de](http://www.fährstellen.de/service/unfall Statistics/) shows that road safety is constantly changing and it is essential to identify the risk factors and thus take effective measures in traffic education and road construction. It remains to be seen how the numbers will develop in the coming years and what measures will be taken to reduce the number of accidents again.