Shocking assault in Gossau: Drivers hit pedestrians after an accident!

Von WOM

Ein 23-jähriger Fußgänger wurde in Gossau angefahren und geschlagen. Polizei sucht Zeugen des Vorfalls.
A 23-year-old pedestrian was hit and beaten in Gossau. Police are looking for witnesses to the incident. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

in Gossau, Switzerland, there was a serious incident on the night of May 18, 2025 at around 1:55 a.m. when a 23-year-old pedestrian was hit by an unknown driver. The driver ran over the man, who was then thrown against the vehicle of the vehicle. In order to further tighten the situation, the driver then got out and hit the pedestrian several times before he removed from the scene of the accident. The injured pedestrian went into a hospital independently to be treated. The St. Gallen cantonal police are now urgently looking for witnesses to the incident, which can contact you on 058 229 81 00 to provide further information. Details of this incident were reported by VOL.AT.

Such accidents also have a light on safety in road traffic, a topic that has increasingly focused in recent years. According to the statistics of the European Parliament, thousands of people have lost their lives in traffic accidents in the EU every year or were seriously injured. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of traffic fatalities in Europe was reduced by 36 percent.

security statistics in EU comparison

The amount of the racing dead fell to 22,800 in 2019 and fell again by 4,000 in 2020. Preliminary figures even show that in 18 EU member states the number of fatalities is at a record low, which is partly attributable to the pandeme-related decline in traffic. However, it is difficult to estimate the exact effects on the number of accidents.

  • Sweden has the safest roads with only 18 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants.
  • Romania showed the highest rate per 1 million inhabitants.
  • The EU average was 42 fatalities per 1 million inhabitants, while over 180 letters per 1 million are recorded worldwide.
It is particularly noticeable that 76 percent of the traffic fatalities are men, and this trend has remained relatively constant in all Member States. Men between the ages of 18 and 24 make up a significant part of the accident victims, whereby 12 percent of the road fatalities were registered in this age group in 2018, although this group is only 8 percent of the population. The number of traffic fatalities in this age group has dropped by 43 percent since 2010.

The dramatic incidents such as that in Gossau once again illustrate how important traffic safety is and that many factors can also lead to an increase in accidents. The cantonal police and responsible authorities do everything they can to clarify such incidents and to make the streets safer for all road users.

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