Dusseldorf - Police on Tuesday asked President Herbert Schenkelberg and Dusseldorf obers ter traffic cop Martin Vonstein the traffic report for the year, 2008.
It contains from the perspective of the police a few bright spots, but also some worrying developments.
Next to the bright spots: The number of injured and killed in traffic as low as never before since records began in 1955th
2922 people crashed 2008 in the market, including 374 so badly that they came to the hospital had to second lowest (number after 2006), eleven people were killed.
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"An encouraging development," says Vonstein. Even with accidents with children and seniors, the numbers are declining.
On the other hand there is a sharp increase in accidents involving trams and in the unfortunate pedestrians aged between 15 and 65.
When the trams, the number of accidents rose by nearly 70 percent, 2 pedestrian died (including a 14-year-old high school student) on the way to school, 21 people were seriously injured. "The problem: We do not know why. There is no discernible pattern, "puzzled Vonstein. We will sit down with the Rheinbahn.
Controls were 2008, far more than before. Record holder for the racers was a man in an Audi R8. He traveled with 181 km / h through the Rheinufertunnel. "Promille King": A cyclist (43) in Garath - 3.64.
