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2 March 2023 CORRECTION: Older people have fewer traffic accidents

CORRECTION: As a proportion of the total population, older people are involved in fewer traffic accidents than younger people. In 2021, 66,812 people aged 65 years or over were involved in accidents resulting in personal injury. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that they represented 14.5% of all people involved in accidents. However, 22.1% of the population in Germany were 65 years or over in 2021. One reason for the lower accident involvement may be that older people do not drive to work regularly and therefore use the roads less frequently than younger people. In addition, the use of individual means of transport, such as cars or bicycles, declines with old age.

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