Traffic accident in Vienenburg: Driver escapes to Crash!

On March 1st, 2025, a traffic accident occurred in Lierestrasse in Vienenburg, in which a gray VW Golf was damaged. Another vehicle grazed the VW Golf and caused property damage of around 500 euros. The driver of the uninvolved vehicle removed from the scene of the accident, which caused criminal proceedings to be initiated. The police are asking witnesses to report to clarify the incident.

In connection with the accident, the police commissioner Bad Harzburg reported that several violations of the compulsory insurance law were found at the beginning of the month. From 01.03.2025, small Kraf bikes and e-scooters must be equipped with a new compulsory insurance, since the insurance license plates have annual color schemes. The disregard of this provision could lead to a lack of insurance coverage.

statistics on traffic accidents

In 2022, 2,406,465 traffic accidents were registered nationwide, which is an increase compared to 2021 with 2,314,938 and 2020 with 2,245.245 accidents. In the event of accidents with personal injury, there were a total of 289,672 cases in 2022, which led to 2,788 fatalities. In 2021, the registered accidents with personal damage were 258,987, which resulted in 2,562 fatalities, such as the Statistics Traffic accidents of Destatis shown.

The data on traffic safety serve to extract reliable and comprehensive information that is used as the basis for legislation, traffic education, road construction and vehicle technology.