Shock accident at Hessisch Oldendorf: Pick-up bounces into line bus!

Shock accident at Hessisch Oldendorf: Pick-up bounces into line bus!

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, a serious traffic accident on Landstrasse 423 near Hessisch Oldendorf occurred at 4:50 a.m. A 25-year-old man from the Gütersloh district was on the way towards Weibeck with his pick-up when he got into oncoming traffic for a previously unknown cause and collided with an oncoming regular bus. Both drivers, the 25-year-old and the 56-year-old bus driver suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital for further medical examination. The property damage on both vehicles is estimated in the low six-digit range, and both had to be towed, as Fireworld reports.

In another incident that occurred in the Roth district near Nuremberg on Sunday afternoon, a drunk pick-up driver was involved in an accident in which he took the right of way to another vehicle. The collision happened on the connecting road between the Spalt and Wassermungsau and resulted in the injuries to four people. In the vehicles involved, there were a total of five children and three adults, all of whom were taken to the hospital. The breath alcohol test of the person who caused the accident showed a value of about 1.8 per thousand, which illustrates the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol, such as Merkur reported.

causes and statistics

The two incidents illustrate the alarming trends in road traffic. According to the accident statistics of the Hessian Statistical Office for 2024, quick driving, too small distance and alcohol are common causes of traffic accidents. In 2024, more than 19,000 traffic accidents were registered in Hesse. Over 970 of these accidents happened under the influence of alcohol, with 12 people died and more than 1,200 were injured. It is particularly serious that over 50% of the traffic fatalities were recorded on country roads, which underlines the need to increase the security on these roads, such as [Hessenschau] (https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/unfallstatistik-fahles-fiebst-und-- algae--haeufige-v1. emphasized.

The analysis of the causes of the accident shows that alcohol is a recurring problem at the wheel. In 2024, over 83 alcoholic e-scooter drivers were involved in accidents, while motorcyclists bore the highest risk of fatal accidents. These statistics lead to the realization that prevention measures are urgently necessary to improve traffic safety and to avoid tragic accidents such as those in Lower Saxony and Bavaria.