Traffic Accidents 1970 1980 1990 1991 2000 2010 2015 2019 2020 Total accidents 1.392.007 1.684.604 2.010.575 2.311.466 2.350.227 2.411.271 2.516.831 2.685.661 2.245.245 Injury accidents of which in urban areas rural areas without autobahns of which in national roads autobahns Injured accident rates [accidents/million veh.·km] 377.610 254.198 107.762 47.810 15.650 379.235 261.302 101.701 35.825 16.232 340.043 218.177 97.559 34.109 24.307 385.147 245.617 112.182 40.728 27.348 382.949 245.470 111.901 38.754 25.578 288.297 195.833 73.635 24.245 18.829 305.659 209.821 75.725 24.786 20.113 300.143 207.625 72.538 23.104 19.980 264.499 183.412 65.850 18.820 15.237 total 1,50 1,03 0,70 - 0,58 0,41 0,41 0,40 0,39 *) autobahns national roads rural areas 0,45 0,93 0,20 0,57 0,18 0,42 - - 0,13 0,36 0,09 0,22 0,08 0,23 0,08 0,21 0,07 7) 0,20 7) Total killed 19.193 13.041 7.906 11.300 7.503 3.648 3.459 3.046 2.719 of which in urban areas rural areas without autobahns of which in national roads autobahns pedestrians drivers/riders and passengers of motorcycles passenger cars bicycles persons under the age of 15 years from 18 to 24 years persons aged 65 years and over Fatality rate [fatalities/billion veh.·km] 8.494 9.754 4.785 945 6.056 1.553 8.989 1.835 2.167 3.403 4.016 5.124 7.113 2.850 804 3.095 1.997 6.440 1.142 1.018 3.221 2.733 2.205 4.765 1.942 936 1.459 939 4.558 711 355 1.976 1.574 3.349 6.399 2.713 1.552 1.918 1.235 6.801 925 511 2.749 1.853 1.829 4.767 1.908 907 993 1.102 4.396 659 240 1.736 1.311 1.011 2.207 829 430 476 709 1.840 381 104 690 910 1.048 1.997 771 414 537 701 1.620 383 84 473 1.024 932 1.758 648 356 417 605 1.364 445 55 363 1.037 810 1.592 466 317 376 552 1.170 426 48 326 894 total 76,5 35,4 16,2 - 11,3 5,2 4,6 4,0 4,0 *) autobahns national roads and rural areas 27,0 92,7 10,0 45,6 6,9 24,2 - - 4,5 17,6 2,0 7,7 1,7 7,2 1,4 5,9 1,5 7) 4,8 7) Total injured 531.795 500.463 448.158 505.535 504.074 371.170 393.432 384.230 327.550 of which in urban areas rural areas without autobahns of which in national roads autobahns pedestrians drivers/riders and passenger of motorcycles passenger cars bicycles persons under the age of 15 years from 18 to 24 years aged 65 years and over 331.176 173.483 80.183 27.136 77.449 46.983 342.277 40.531 70.332 131.477 27.842 323.656 151.704 55.570 25.103 56.451 96.370 279.649 50.436 58.914 142.718 30.795 265.643 143.388 53.172 39.127 39.169 44.821 283.344 64.145 43.049 123.321 28.905 298.712 163.520 62.526 43.303 46.307 55.080 313.589 70.005 50.773 132.015 32.011 300.798 163.078 59.939 40.198 38.115 59.383 309.496 72.738 45.141 111.210 36.327 238.131 104.166 36.735 28.873 29.663 43.507 211.556 65.192 28.525 72.482 39.592 253.560 107.498 38.026 32.374 31.073 45.345 219.663 77.793 28.151 65.683 47.666 248.412 103.902 35.976 31.916 29.826 41.260 206.129 86.897 27.950 59.384 51.407 213.985 90.266 28.412 23.299 23.482 37.663 157.912 91.847 22.414 49.884 45.311 Traffic and Accident Data Summary Statistics – Germany Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt) Federal Highway Research Institute Bergisch Gladbach, December 2021