Serious accident at Lüneburg train station: cyclist sustains life-threatening injuries

Serious accident at Lüneburg train station: cyclist sustains life-threatening injuries

A serious accident occurred on Friday morning, September 30, 2025, at the train station in Lüneburg when a bus hit a 20-year-old cyclist. Loud NDR The cyclist suffered serious, life-threatening injuries. The scene of the accident was on the access road to the bus station, where there was no cycle path and a wall ran along the edge of the road. The bus driver apparently overlooked the cyclist, which led to the tragic incident that left him trapped between the vehicle and the wall.

There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the accident. The police initially closed the affected area for forensic investigation. We are currently checking whether the cyclist may have ignored a red light. This is in connection with a worrying development in Lüneburg, as there have already been cases in the past that question traffic safety in the city. On May 6, 2025, for example, a 26-year-old cyclist suffered serious injuries in a collision with a VW Caddy and died two weeks later, although the car driver was uninjured Lüne blog reported.

Road safety at stake

The incident at Lüneburg train station has once again raised questions about road safety. In 2024, the police recorded 4,121 traffic accidents in the region, in which approximately 800 people were injured, including 100 seriously injured and one fatality. The high number of traffic accidents, often caused by a lack of infrastructure, depresses many citizens and experts. The VCD Elbe-Heide association criticizes society's acceptance of such accidents and calls for urgent measures to make the roads safe. A shocking result shows that in collisions between cyclists and cars, drivers are primarily to blame in 75% of cases. Lüne-Blog cites statistics that say that two thirds of the 430 bicycle accidents in 2024 were caused by collisions with other road users.

Although the city of Lüneburg has committed to designing 3 kilometers of cycle paths annually according to the recommendations for cycle traffic facilities, it has not yet achieved this goal. The recently decided reconstruction of the star junction has been postponed until 2027 at the earliest, which is increasing cyclists' concerns. One in three accidents involving cyclists is attributed to unsafe infrastructure. Loud Destatis Statistics show that from 2004 to 2024, almost 75,000 people died in road traffic in Germany - a number that shocks many.

The call for change

The accident at Lüneburg train station, together with the tragic incidents of the last few months, is leading to increased public awareness of road safety. With the “Vision Zero” initiative, the EU and the federal government are committed to zero deaths and serious injuries in road traffic. However, developments in Lüneburg show that there is still a lot of work ahead of us to achieve this goal.

One can only hope that the tragedies were not in vain and that the city is finally taking measures to improve road safety. The voices of the population must be heard because “there is something to be done” to offer cyclists a safe environment.