Eight injured in the frontal accident in the Saalekreis - children affected!

In a serious traffic accident in the Saalekreis, eight people were injured today, including four children. The frontal collision occurred on Saturday morning on federal road 6 towards Gröbers. A driver who turned towards Zwintschöna collided head -on with another vehicle.

There is currently no information about the exact causes of accidents. Four serious and four mild injuries suffered from the eight injured people. The injured children are at the age of eight to eleven. Everyone involved was brought to a clinic immediately. In addition, oil escaped from one of the vehicles, which led to considerable environmental damage. Due to cleaning work, the affected road was closed for several hours, such as Welt reported.

statistics on traffic safety

The collection and analysis of traffic accidents is crucial for the development of security measures. A current statistics of Destatis deals with the extraction of reliable and comprehensive data on the traffic safety situation in Germany. This data serves as the basis for measures in legislation, traffic education, road construction and in vehicle technology.

The statistics show the structures of the accident and the dependencies between accident -determining factors. Particular attention is paid to the recording of accidents with personal injury or property damage, the vehicles involved and their causes of the accident. Results of these statistics support not only state transport policy, but also infrastructure and traffic safety policy.