Press release No. 265 of 14 July 2020
WIESBADEN – In 2019, 3,046 people died in road traffic accidents in Germany. This was the lowest level for more than 60 years. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of road traffic fatalities decreased by 229 people, or 7%, in 2019 compared with the previous year. The police counted a total of 2.7 million traffic accidents on German roads – more than at any time since 1991 . People were injured or killed in approximately 11% of the accidents. The number of people injured declined by 3.0% to 384,000 in 2019 compared with a year earlier.
German EU Council Presidency
As of 1 July, the Federal Statistical Office will organise the meetings of the Council Working Party on Statistics to be held during Germany’s EU Council Presidency under the chairmanship of its President Dr. Georg Thiel. Information on our activities during the Presidency of the Council of the EU is provided at destatis.de/eu2020.
