Fatal motorcycle accident in Bavaria: 56-year-old dies in collision!

Fatal motorcycle accident in Bavaria: 56-year-old dies in collision!

Staatsstraße 2139 zwischen Neukirchen und St. Englmar, 94379 Neukirchen, Deutschland - On May 17, 2025, a tragic traffic accident occurred on state road 2139 between Neukirchen and St. Englmar in the district of Straubing-Bogen. A 56-year-old motorcyclist from Falkenstein died. As fireworld.at, the motorcyclist collided at 4:15 p.m. Car of an 83-year-old driver. The two vehicles were initially on their lanes, whereby the car driver, possibly to avoid a danger situation

The effects of the accident were devastating. The motorcyclist died at the scene of the accident, while the three occupants of the car were slightly to moderate. The rescue measures were immediately initiated by first aiders, an emergency doctor, the emergency services and the police. After the treatment, the injured people were brought to surrounding hospitals, while firefighters from St. Englmar, Neukirchen, Perasdorf and Obermühlbach and an air rescue team called. State road 2139 remained closed for several hours and was only released at 9:45 p.m.

causes of the accident and investigations

The Bogen police inspection has taken up the investigation and commissioned a traffic report to clarify the exact circumstances of the accident. It is already another serious motorcycle accident in Bavaria this month. On May 15, 2025, a 20-year-old motorcyclist from Weilheim died in a similar accident on the 2056 state road in the Weilheim-Schongau district. This motorcyclist had also got on the opposite lane in a curve and had collided with a car, hurling the vehicles over the guardrail. Despite immediate rescue measures, he also died at the scene of the accident, while the driver was slightly injured, such as Infranken.de reported.

These tragic events throw light on the current situation on the Bavarian roads. According to the traffic accident statistics of the police headquarters in Lower Bavaria, there were fewer traffic accidents in 2024, but an increase in the fatally crashed motorcycles from 14 in 2023 in 2024. Disregard for traffic rules. The police appealed to the road users to adhere to the rules to improve security on the streets, such as [pnp.de] (https://www.pnp.de/nachrichten/bayern/verkehrsstatistik-2024-weniger-verfaelle-in-niederbayern-aber- Mehradtote-18042755) reports.

The order of these incidents in a short time should lead to more intensive surveillance in road traffic and increased prevention measures to minimize the risk of motorcycles and increase the safety as a whole.