Traffic Accidents Traffic and Accident Data

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 Summary Statistics – Germany
Total accidents 1.392.007 1.684.604 2.010.575 2.350.227 2.411.271 2.516.831 2.245.245 2.314.938 2.406.465
1970 until 2022
Injury accidents 377.610 379.235 340.043 382.949 288.297 305.659 264.499 258.987 289.672
of which in urban areas 254.198 261.302 218.177 245.470 195.833 209.821 183.412 176.948 203.226
rural areas without autobahns 107.762 101.701 97.559 111.901 73.635 75.725 65.850 65.632 68.691
of which in national road 47.810 35.825 34.109 38.754 24.245 24.786 18.820 19.005 20.122
autobahns 15.650 16.232 24.307 25.578 18.829 20.113 15.237 16.407 17.755
Injured accident rates
[accidents/million veh.·km]
total 1,50 1,03 0,70 0,58 0,41 0,41 0,39 0,38 0,40 7)
autobahns 0,45 0,20 0,18 0,13 0,09 0,08 0,07 0,07 0,07 7)
national roads rural areas 0,93 0,57 0,42 0,36 0,22 0,23 0,20 0,20 0,20 7)
Total killed 19.193 13.041 7.906 7.503 3.648 3.459 2.719 2.562 2.788
of which in urban areas 8.494 5.124 2.205 1.829 1.011 1.048 810 746 881
Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
rural areas without autobahns 9.754 7.113 4.765 4.767 2.207 1.997 1.592 1.498 1.593 Federal Highway Research Institute
of which in national roads 4.785 2.850 1.942 1.908 829 771 466 500 537
autobahns 945 804 936 907 430 414 317 318 314
pedestrians 6.056 3.095 1.459 993 476 537 376 343 368 Bergisch Gladbach, January 2024
drivers/riders and passengers of
motorcycles 1.553 1.997 939 1.102 709 701 552 529 549
passenger cars 8.989 6.440 4.558 4.396 1.840 1.620 1.170 1.118 1.192
bicycles 1.835 1.142 711 659 381 383 426 372 474
persons under the age of 15 years 2.167 1.018 355 240 104 84 48 49 51
from 18 to 24 years 3.403 3.221 1.976 1.736 690 473 326 287 300
aged 65 years and older 4.016 2.733 1.574 1.311 910 1.024 894 868 1.023
Fatality rate
[fatalities/billion veh.·km]
total 76,5 35,4 16,2 11,3 5,2 4,6 4,0 3,7 3,9 7)
autobahns 27,0 10,0 6,9 4,5 2,0 1,7 1,5 1,4 1,3 7)
national roads and rural areas 92,7 45,6 24,2 17,6 7,7 7,2 4,8 5,2 5,2 7)
Total injured 531.795 500.463 448.158 504.074 371.170 393.432 327.550 323.129 361.134
of which in urban areas 331.176 323.656 265.643 300.798 238.131 253.560 213.985 207.090 237.326
rural areas without autobahns 173.483 151.704 143.388 163.078 104.166 107.498 90.266 90.622 95.728
of which in national roads 80.183 55.570 53.172 59.939 36.735 38.026 28.412 28.615 30.862
autobahns 27.136 25.103 39.127 40.198 28.873 32.374 23.299 25.417 28.080
pedestrians 77.449 56.451 39.169 38.115 29.663 31.073 23.482 22.652 26.489
drivers/riders and passenger of
motorcycles 46.983 96.370 44.821 59.383 43.507 45.345 37.663 34.461 39.316
passenger cars 342.277 279.649 283.344 309.496 211.556 219.663 157.912 161.497 172.196
bicycles 40.531 50.436 64.145 72.738 65.192 77.793 91.847 83.753 97.856
persons under the age of 15 years 70.332 58.914 43.049 45.141 28.525 28.151 22.414 22.223 25.755
from 18 to 24 years 131.477 142.718 123.321 111.210 72.482 65.683 49.884 51.213 53.403
aged 65 years and older 27.842 30.795 28.905 36.327 39.592 47.666 45.311 44.255 51.725
Motor Vehicle Population (since 2007 including temporarily deregistered vehicles, since 2008 without decommissioned vehicles) 1) Reference:
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022 Federal Statistical Office (StBA), Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA),
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), German Institute for
Total (including miscellaneous) 2) 16.783.227 29.226.359 36.702.727 53.107.377 52.288.623 55.751.993 58.158.344 58.020.089 59.635.446
Economic Research (DIW), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Federal
mofas, mopeds 2) - 2.110.208 954.449 1.742.704 2.104.204 2.036.352 - - - Highway Research Institute (BASt)
motorcycles 3) 228.604 571.930 1.233.100 3.337.848 3.762.561 4.145.392 4.506.410 4.661.561 4.780.854 All data until 1990 including old federal states.
passenger cars 13.941.079 23.191.616 30.684.811 42.839.906 41.737.627 44.403.124 47.715.977 48.248.584 48.540.878
Footnotes:
buses 47.253 70.458 70.370 85.574 76.433 77.501 81.364 75.548 80.225
1) until 2000 as of 01 July in each case; from 2001 onwards: as of
trucks 1.028.116 1.277.167 1.388.505 2.526.896 2.385.099 2.701.343 3.276.093 3.410.280 3.550.814
01 January in each case; since 01.01.2006: passenger cars including
tractor-trailers 34.638 60.293 78.166 162.409 170.911 188.481 219.149 218.469 222.279 mobile homes, ambulances, emergency doctor‘s cars

Highway Network for Interstate Traffic (in Kilometer, as of 01 January in each case, in urban areas und rural areas) 2) including light three- and four-wheeled vehicles with insurance
licence plates, as of 2017, no more inventory data of mofas and
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2021 2022
mopeds are available from KBA
Total 162.344 171.521 173.861 230.735 230.969 230.147 229.783 229.721 229.601
3) until 1990 without light and small motorcycles (LMC, SMC); from
autobahns 4.110 7.292 8.822 11.515 12.813 12.949 13.191 13.192 13.155 1995 onwards including LMC, SMC; from 2004 onwards including
national roads 32.205 32.248 31.063 41.321 39.887 38.917 37.842 37.826 37.824 three- and light four-wheeled vehicles with registration number
state roads 65.358 65.543 63.299 86.823 86.615 86.331 86.924 86.862 86.808 4) resident mileage (including routes covered by German vehicles ab-
district roads 60.671 66.438 70.677 91.076 91.654 91.950 91.826 91.841 91.814 road); DLR and DIW
Mileage (in billion Kilometer) 6) 5) domestic mileage (including mileage of vehicles registered abroad);
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 *) 2021 *) 2022 BASt
6) recalculation of the mileage and consumption bill as of 2017
Total (including miscellaneous) 4) 251,0 367,9 488,3 663,0 704,8 752,3 681,7 690,3 710,9 7)
by type of motor vehicle 4) 7) provisional data
mofas, mopeds 4,6 7,6 2,7 3,8 4,7 4,6 3,4 3,4 3,6 7) *) Due to the corona pandemic, the mileage figures are subject to major
motorcycles 1,9 3,3 5,9 13,0 11,6 12,9 9,0 8,8 9,5 7) uncertainties. Particularly at the level of detail shown here, the values
are very uncertain and subject to change.
passenger cars 212,9 314,3 431,5 559,5 599,0 635,8 578,1 582,4 600,6 7)
buses 2,0 3,0 3,1 3,7 3,3 3,4 2,9 3,2 3,8 7) Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
trucks 26,4 33,1 33,1 58,9 60,7 68,6 64,0 68,0 69,2 7) Federal Highway Research Institute
tractor-trailers 2,0 4,0 5,8 12,7 16,9 17,2 19,6 20,0 19,7 7) Bruederstrasse 53
on federal highways 5) D - 51427 Bergisch Gladbach
Phone +49 2204 43-0
autobahns 35,0 80,6 135,6 203,4 216,8 237,6 213,9 221,0 237,2 7)
E-Mail [email protected]
national roads rural areas 51,6 62,5 80,3 108,2 107,9 107,4 96,4 97,0 102,8 7) www.bast.de