46-year-old ignores warning and crashes into a bumper trailer!

46-year-old ignores warning and crashes into a bumper trailer!

Autobahn A15, Kanton St. Gallen, Schweiz - on June 4, 2025, shortly before 2:30 p.m., a traffic accident occurred on the A15 motorway in the canton of St. Gallen, in which a 46-year-old driver was slightly injured. The man was traveling from Reichenburg in the direction of Schmerikon when he rammed a bumper trailer. According to Vol.at the normal lanes were closed during the accident time due to an overhead signals. The permissible speed was 80 km/h, which the driver obviously ignored.

Why the collision came into being, the traffic situation on the highway shows: the bumper pendant, which was not an unmistakable danger, pointed out an impending lane breakdown. The incident occurred shortly after the Linth, a well -known section of the A15. Rescue workers took the injured driver to the hospital, while the property damage caused is estimated at around CHF 60,000, such as imticker.ch reported.

traffic statistics and security

The accident is part of a worrying development in road traffic. According to the Federal Office of Statistics, over 18,250 accidents with personal injury were registered in Switzerland in 2023. A total of 21,736 people were injured. The number of traffic accidents has decreased slightly compared to the previous year, but 236 people died on the streets last year, which represents a decline compared to 2022. The progress in traffic safety is obvious, but the number of people accidentally remains high.

in 2023 Zurich was the canton with most of the people who were accidentally, followed by Bern and Vaud. The accident rates are particularly alarming below the different population. In Uri, for example, the most people per 10,000 inhabitants. These figures illustrate the urgency of creating safe traffic conditions and sharpening the drivers' attention.

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The incident on the A15 motorway makes it clear how important it is to consider traffic signs and signals. Traffic safety campaigns could help reduce the number of accidents and increase security on the streets. The 46-year-old's accident, whose injuries were luckily easy, underlines the need to act disciplined and carefully in road traffic in order to prevent such accidents in the future.