The day of the accident or quite normal? Friday of the 13th in Jerichower Land!

The day of the accident or quite normal? Friday of the 13th in Jerichower Land!

Today, on Friday, December 13, 2024, many people ask themselves whether more accidents actually happen on this particularly dreaded date. Contrary to widespread superstition, the analysis of the Zurich Group Germany shows that the statistics do not increase damage to claims or accidents on Fridays that fall on the 13th. On the contrary, according to Bernd O. Engelien, spokesman for the Zurich Group, there was even 9.5 percent less damage in comparison to other Fridays of the year last Friday, September 13, 2024. The numbers speak for themselves: Accident statistics show that the date has no significant influence on the frequency of incidents.

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In order to dispel people's fears, Cordula Gobel from the Jerichower Land police station compared the number of accidents on Fridays, which fall on the 13th, with the subsequent Fridays. The results are clear: the number of accidents does not vary significantly. For example, there were six accidents on May 13, 2022, a week later also six. This contradicts the widespread panic associated with the date. In the Helios Clinic Jerichower Land it is also reported that expectant mothers are not unsettled by the date. The leading midwife Kathrin Tolle-Radigk was relaxed: "The date does not ensure nervousness," she clarified.

In the world of hotels, consideration is taken into account. There is no room with number 13 in the Carl von Clausewitz-Hotel in Burg. This is also the case in the Wittekind Regiohotel, where rooms are avoided with this number. In the coming year there will only be a Friday, the 13th, in June, and it seems that many hotels will continue to try to avoid this date to do the wishes of their guests-which the booking of a double room, for example in Landhotel Friday can enjoy rich breakfast.