Alcohol at the wheel: Drunk drivers provide accidents in the region!

On January 6, 2025, a car accident occurred in Oberhausen, in which a 42-year-old woman from the Weilheim-Schongau district and her Ford grasped a 24-year-old pedestrian on a snow-covered road. The pedestrian, who was significantly alcoholized, suffered head and hip injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. The car driver was unharmed in the incident. The property damage is estimated at around 1,500 euros, such as Merkur reported.

In recent years, an increase in traffic accidents has been determined under the influence of alcohol. In 2022, 38,771 accidents were registered under the influence of alcohol in Germany, which corresponds to an increase of 19 percent compared to the previous year. This increase is worrying, because in 2020 and 2021 the number of dead and injured had dropped due to traffic accidents. The numbers illustrate the risks that alcoholic driving brings with it and the increasing vulnerability of pedestrians.

alcohol trips and their consequences

The legal provisions on alcohol in road traffic are strict in Germany. In the first violation of alcohol influence, 250 euros threaten fines and the loss of points in Flensburg. With higher alcohol values, as they occur in many of the annually registered accidents, significantly harder penalties can follow. From a blood alcohol concentration of 1.1 per thousand, the driver is considered absolutely accurate, while between 0.3 and 1.09 per thousand the regulations for relative inability to drive already apply. This also means that insurance companies can refuse or reduce benefits in accident situations under the influence of alcohol. It is particularly serious that in the case of a value over 1.1 per thousand, the insurance is completely exempt from the obligation to perform, such as goslar institut made.

In addition to the legal and financial consequences, alcohol -related traffic accidents are a source of danger for all road users and significantly burden the emergency services and the health system.