Long-distance buses are actually one of the safest means of transport. According to accident statistics, buses are comparatively rarely involved in traffic accidents with personal injuries. And if they do, then very few people are injured on a coach, but rather on public buses. However, like now near Leipzig, people occasionally die in serious accidents on motorways. A selection:
Saxony, May 2019: A woman dies on the A9 when a coach driver no longer has control of his vehicle due to a “medical problem”. Nine people are seriously injured.
Bavaria, July 2017: 18 people died in the flames when a coach drove into a tractor-trailer on the A9 in Upper Franconia at around 60 kilometers per hour and immediately caught fire. 30 others are injured, some seriously.
Thuringia, October 2015: A bus carrying students from Saxony comes off the road on the A4 near Erfurt after an overtaking maneuver and overturns. A boy dies.
Saxony, July 2014: Eleven people die when a coach from Poland first hits a Ukrainian bus on the A4 near Dresden, then breaks through the guardrail and races into oncoming traffic.
Brandenburg, September 2010: 14 Poles die when their bus is rammed by a car on the A10 south of Berlin and crashes into a bridge pillar.
Lower Saxony, November 2008: Near Hanover, a coach bursts into flames on the A2 due to a technical defect. 20 passengers on the way back from a coffee trip die.