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Addendum to the press report from the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse on Friday, July 29th, 2022
Offenbach (ots) –
The highway police report:
- accident with seriously injured people – BAB 66/district Hanau
A serious accident occurred early Friday evening around 5:38 p.m. on the BAB 66 between the Erlensee and Hanau-Nord junctions in the direction of travel Frankfurt am Main. A 32-year-old BMW driver from Frankfurt lost control of his vehicle due to inappropriate speed on a wet road and collided with a VW Golf in front of him, which was occupied by a family of 5 from Kesselstadt. Both cars skidded and came to a standstill off the roadway with considerable damage (total damage). While the driver of the BMW survived the impact unharmed, the occupants of the VW Golf suffered some serious injuries. Three adults were taken to nearby hospitals by ambulance. A 3-year-old girl was also taken to hospital as a precaution with minor injuries. A 7-year-old boy had to be flown to a clinic in Darmstadt by helicopter with serious injuries. The police, who were on site with several patrol cars, found the BMW driver to be under the influence of alcohol. The Hanau public prosecutor’s office ordered a blood test and the securing of the driver’s license, as well as the consultation of an expert for the purpose of reconstructing the accident. The complete closure in the direction of Frankfurt could only be lifted at 9:50 p.m. A total of 8 ambulances, 3 ambulances and 9 firefighters from the Hanau fire brigade were on duty at the scene of the accident.
Offenbach am Main, 29.07.2022, RENKER, PvD
This report was sent on July 29th, 2022, 7:23 a.m. by the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse.
Accident statistics and casualties in road traffic over the last 3 years
In the state Hesse there was a year 2020 of a total of 17,407 road accidents involving personal injury 205 fatalities and 22,352 injured. There has been a slight downward trend in the traffic accidents recorded by the police throughout Germany in recent years. In 2020, a total of 2,245,245 accidents occurred in road traffic 2,685,661 cases in 2019 and 2,636,468 cases in 2018. This trend can also be observed in the number of accidents involving personal injury. In 2020, for example, there were 264,499 accidents in which people were injured, and a total of 3,046 people were killed. In 2018, 3,275 fatalities were recorded out of 308,721 accidents involving personal injury.
Fires and arson in Germany in 2020
According to police records, in Germany in 2020 20,735 cases of arson or causing a fire hazard. According to fire protection statistics, around 200,000 house fires are recorded every year. This means that every two minutes a fire ignites somewhere. Around 600 people die in house fires in Germany every year.
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