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Number of deaths in road traffic accidents in Germany from 1950 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of traffic fatalities
2023	2,839
2022	2,776
2021	2,562
2020	2,719
2019	3,046
2018	3,275
2017	3,180
2016	3,206
2015	3,459
2014	3,377
2013	3,339
2012	3,600
2011	4,009
2010	3,648
2009	4,152
2008	4,477
2007	4,949
2006	5,091
2005	5,361
2004	5,842
2003	6,613
2002	6,842
2001	6,977
2000	7,503
1999	7,772
1998	7,792
1997	8,549
1996	8,758
1995	9,454
1994	9,814
1993	9,949
1992	10,631
1991	11,300
1990	7,906
1989	7,995
1988	8,213
1987	7,967
1986	8,948
1985	8,400
1984	10,199
1983	11,732
1982	11,608
1981	11,674
1980	13,041
1979	13,222
1978	14,662
1977	14,978
1976	14,820
1975	14,870
1974	14,614
1973	16,302
1972	18,811
1971	18,753
1970	19,193
1969	16,646
1968	16,636
1967	17,084
1966	16,868
1965	15,753
1964	16,494
1963	14,513
1962	14,445
1961	14,543
1960	14,406
1959	13,822
1958	12,169
1957	13,004
1956	13,427
1955	12,791
1954	12,071
1953	11,449
1952	7,775
1951	7,760
1950	6,428

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July 2024

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Germany

Survey time period

1950 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Older figures were partially retrieved from respective earlier reports.

Until 1990 previous federal territory. Until 1952 without Saarland.

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The number of traffic accident deaths in Germany has decreased considerably in the last decade, compared to the 1990s, and especially the 1960s and 1970s. Around 2,839 deaths were recorded in 2023. Recording these numbers takes on particular significance in the country that is home to the Autobahn and some of the most famous cars in the world.

Staying safe

The reduction of road traffic deaths in Germany may be due to a number of positive factors with long-term potential: progressive automotive engineering, increased regulation and legislation regarding road traffic and driving, as well as expanded driving safety resources and training. Another reason may simply be less people owning cars, and therefore less drivers being out on the road. Traffic accidents happen for various reasons, be it a bad combination of circumstances or the human factor. Certain choices and consumption habits significantly increase the risk of a car accident, a common example being driving after drinking.

Into the future

The addition of e-scooters to German city traffic in particular, alongside various vehicles, motorcycles and bikes in often already crowded areas, poses a new challenge for preventing accidents and fatalities. There were over 8,400 injuries recorded in 2023 which were the result of an e-scooter crash. That same year, 21 fatalities also occurred following an e-scooter accident. Increasing mobility and various transportation modes attached to it will definitely keep the issue of road safety on the map.