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Slight decline in the number of traffic fatalities expected
A slight decline in traffic fatalities is expected. photo
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From January to September 2023, fewer traffic deaths can be expected. Their number is significantly below the level of the pre-Corona year 2019.
According to estimates by the Federal Statistical Office, the number of traffic deaths in Germany will decrease slightly this year compared to last year. According to estimates based on available data for the period from January to September 2023, the number of people killed in road traffic will fall by almost 40 to around 2,750 compared to 2022. Last year, 2,788 people were killed in traffic.
This means that the number of road deaths is above the historic low of 2,562 people killed in 2021, but well below the pre-Corona level in 2019, when 3,046 people died in road traffic, the authority said. The number of injured people this year is expected to be around 360,000 people, roughly the same as in 2022.