Shock accident on B2: motorhome hurls over the road!

Shock accident on B2: motorhome hurls over the road!

Langenaltheim, Deutschland - On March 7, 2025, there was a serious traffic accident on federal road 2 near Langenaltheim. A 74-year-old driver of a motorhome tried to overtake a tractor-trailer when the motorhome skidded. It touched the 64-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer, who was then pushed to the right of the road. The tractor crashed into a traffic sign and finally came to a standstill in the road bank.

The motorhome hurled over two lanes of the opposite lane and collided with the guardrail. Despite the violent collision, the occupants of the motorhome were lucky and were taken to a hospital for caution. The total damage to vehicles and infrastructure amounts to over 60,000 euros, such as Infranken.de reported.

Accident figures in Europe

Current statistics show preliminary figures that show that the number of fatalities is at a record low in 18 EU member states. It is particularly striking that Sweden has the safest roads with only 18 races per 1 million inhabitants, while Romania reported the highest rate of 85 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants in 2020. The average value in the EU was 42 racing dead per 1 million inhabitants, there are even over 180.

age groups and gender distribution

It is particularly alarming that 12 percent of the road fatalities were between 18 and 24 years old in 2018, although this age group is only 8 percent of the population. Nevertheless, the number of traffic fatalities in this age group has decreased by 43 percent since 2010. Older people are still severely affected; 28 percent of the traffic fatalities in 2018 were over 65 years old compared to 22 percent in 2010.

In addition, there is a clear gender pattern: around 76 percent of the traffic fatalities were men, and this pattern can be observed in all Member States of the EU how the data from Europarl.eu . Such statistics should serve as an incentive to take further measures to improve traffic safety and to raise awareness of the dangers in road traffic.