Alcohol drivers causes accident in Erfurt: Happiness in misfortune!

Alcohol drivers causes accident in Erfurt: Happiness in misfortune!

On Friday evening, January 13, 2025, there was a traffic accident in the Erfurt Hanseatic area, in which a 27-year-old driver got on the opposite lane while turning and collided with an oncoming car. His child also sat in the accommodating driver's vehicle, a 33-year-old man. Fortunately, everyone involved was not injured; Only sheet metal damage to the vehicles were created.

As reported by the State Police Inspection Erfurt, the cause of the accident was in the high breath alcohol value of the person who caused the accident, which was over 1.1 per thousand. Due to these circumstances, criminal proceedings were initiated against him due to the endangerment of road traffic. This message was released on January 13, 2025 at 04:08 a.m.

statistics on traffic accidents in Germany

The traffic accident statistics show that a total of 2,406,465 traffic accidents were registered in Germany in 2022, which increases compared to 2021 (2,314,938) and 2020 (2,245.245). In 2022 there were 289,672 accidents with personal injury that resulted in 2,788 fatalities. Also in 2021, 258,987 accidents with 2,562 fatalities were registered.

accidents caused by alcohol at the wheel are a serious problem. According to information, the general alcohol limit in Germany is determined at 0.5 per thousand. For beginners, there is a zero-promille limit, in which even in an accident with a per thousand value under 0.5 years of sanctions can threaten, as can be seen on bussgeldkatalog.net . With an alcohol value of 1.6 per thousand, a medical-psychological examination (MPU) can be arranged, but consequences can also follow after lower values.

A total of 9,170 accidents with personal loss on drunk driving in Germany in 2015. Accidents under the influence of alcohol do not remain without legal consequences, since they are considered a crime and can lead to a prison sentence of up to five years or a fine.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien