Two injured after a spectacular intersection accident in Chemnitz!

There was a traffic accident in Chemnitz on Tuesday afternoon, January 7, 2025, around 5:30 p.m., in which two people were injured. The accident occurred at the intersection of Augustusburger Strasse and Yorkstrasse when a Citroen car collided with a Ford. The accident site was partially closed to enable rescue and recovery measures. Both the rescue service and the fire department were on duty, while the traffic accident service began investigating the accident Blick.de reported.

The latest statistics on the traffic situation in Chemnitz show that a total of 23,061 traffic accidents were registered in the area of ​​responsibility of the Chemnitz Police Department in 2023. This represents an increase of 1,101 accidents or 5.0 percent compared to the previous year. The regional distributions are particularly striking: 31 percent of the accidents occurred in Chemnitz, 30 percent in the Central Saxony district and 33 percent in the Erzgebirgskreis. In 2,516 traffic accidents with personal injuries, 3,247 people were injured and 43 people lost their lives polizei.sachsen.de held on.

Increasing accident numbers and main causes of accidents

The accident statistics show that the number of traffic accidents in Chemnitz increased by 6.2 percent to 7,170 in 2023, with nine people being killed and 821 injured. 6,941 accidents were registered in the Central Saxony district, which corresponds to an increase of 3.5 percent. The most common causes of accidents are “insufficient safety distance” and “inappropriate speed”. Particular attention should also be paid to the increasing number of accidents among young drivers (18-24 years old) and older drivers (65 years old and over), who are also significantly represented in the statistics.