Bonn - Fabio († 17), Sebastian († 19), Elfriede († 80). Name behind a sad figure: 13 How many traffic accidents there were, according to accident statistics of the Bonn police in the last year - more than twice as many as in 2007!
His tragic death shocked the region: the end of May died in the 17-year-old Fabio on the L 123 in Wachtberg. Run over, critically injured, lying. The hunt for death driver took weeks.
Fabio's fatal accident: one of 13 last year. Behind each a sad fate - and a boring number of road accident statistics.
The numbers of fatalities in Bonn from 2004 to 2008 here>
On Tuesday, the Bonn police chief Wolfgang Albers before she asked. By comparison, 2007, six people died in accidents in the area of Bonn killed.
"Every victim is one too many," said Albers. "Our goal is to reduce the number of victims further. We also participate intensively in country-and Europe-wide surveillance operations. "Which means: the fight against the main causes of accidents and driving under the lawn alk and drugs.
Too many deaths. And with 14,532 total accidents are still an average of 40 crashes per day (2007: 14,608). It was the Reichsstrasse (L 261) a priority. Too fast on wet roads - that's why it crashed frequently.
Died in mid-March, while a car driver († 50). The route is now disarmed. By the police with speed controls.
But police chief Albers reported in 2008, also had good news to report correctly: with 274 serious injuries, there were as few as never before. For comparison: In 2007 there were 308, 1999 it still 525th Also positive: There were fewer injured children (minus 36), young adults (minus 26) and seniors (minus 6).
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