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The backbone of the road network for long-distance traffic in Germany is formed by its autobahns, which have a total length of 13,000 km. Based on an average daily traffic volume of almost 50,000 vehicles and around 230 billion vehicle kilometers driven annually, autobahns are the safest roads in Germany. Nevertheless, significant numbers of accidents can occur at slip roads and sections where there are roadworks, in particular. Rising traffic volumes and a growing proportion of truck traffic also increase the risk of accidents on autobahns.

Motor­way
06.12.2024

Distance-rela­ted beha­viour on motor­ways

Motor­way
06.12.2024

Distance-rela­ted beha­viour on motor­ways

The fai­lure to main­tain ade­quate safety distance is the cause of many acci­dents on motor­ways. In 2022 17,755 acci­dents invol­ving per­so­nal injury on motor­ways and 23,190 asso­cia­ted dri­ving errors were recor­ded. Nearly a third of those errors...
Dri­ver assi­stance sys­tems
23.08.2023

Acci­dents cau­sed by wrong-way dri­ving on motor­ways

Dri­ver assi­stance sys­tems
23.08.2023

Acci­dents cau­sed by wrong-way dri­ving on motor­ways

In Ger­many, appro­xi­ma­tely 1,950 inci­dents of wrong-way dri­ving occur on motor­ways every year. By con­trast, acci­dents resul­ting from wrong-way dri­ving are rare but they have serious con­se­quences. The pur­pose of the pre­sent study was to use...
Motor­way
29.12.2021

Road safety on federal motor­ways

Motor­way
29.12.2021

Road safety on federal motor­ways

In terms of mileage, federal motor­ways are con­si­de­red as par­ti­cu­larly safe roads. Howe­ver, on no other roads in Ger­many are so many inju­ries regis­te­red per kilo­me­tre by road traf­fic acci­dents. Acci­dents in lon­gi­tu­di­nal traf­fic are par­ti­cu­larly...
Motor­way
16.05.2013

Acci­dents at road­work sites

Motor­way
16.05.2013

Acci­dents at road­work sites

Free­ways (auto­bahns) are the hig­hest-qua­lity roads in Ger­many – and the safest. In terms of safety, their weak points are their slip roads and, above all, the sec­ti­ons whe­ther there are road­works, which inter­rupt the flow of traf­fic and...
Motor­way
16.05.2013

Traf­fic signs on highways in „selec­tive yel­low“

Motor­way
16.05.2013

Traf­fic signs on highways in „selec­tive yel­low“

Con­struc­tion sites on motor­ways are com­pa­ra­tively safe. Howe­ver, acci­dents occur more fre­quently at the begin­ning of con­struc­tion sites, at slight bends (by redu­cing the num­ber of lanes) and tem­po­rary acces­ses or exits of slip roads within...
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