Slight increase in German road casualties

Germany recorded an increase in the numbers of traffic fatalities in 2014. Data revealed by the German federal statistical office, Destatis, shows that 3,368 people were killed in crashes on German roads in 2014. Provisional figures show that this was an increase of 29 deaths (0.9% compared) with 2013. In all, however, it was the second-lowest number of people killed in the course of a year since 1950. The numbers of those seriously or slightly injured rose by 4% in 2014 from 2013 to approximately 389,000.
February 26, 2015 Read time: 1 min
RSSGermany recorded an increase in the numbers of traffic fatalities in 2014. Data revealed by the German federal statistical office, 5143 Destatis, shows that 3,368 people were killed in crashes on German roads in 2014. Provisional figures show that this was an increase of 29 deaths (0.9% compared) with 2013. In all, however, it was the second-lowest number of people killed in the course of a year since 1950. The numbers of those seriously or slightly injured rose by 4% in 2014 from 2013 to approximately 389,000.

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