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Statistics: Traffic accidents: men are much more often fatal

Men are much more vulnerable to road traffic than women.

Original: Statistik: Verkehrsunfälle: Männer verunglücken deutlich öfter tödlich

Security 10 independent outlets · 34 articles translated from German
Photo: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Unfall-Statistik: Fast drei Viertel der Verkehrstoten sind Männer
Photo: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

What happened

Almost three quarters of traffic deaths are men – the difference is particularly large among young people.

What outlets write

  1. Leipziger Volkszeitung 2 November, 09:34 and 3 more outlets
    «This is shown by new figures from the Federal Statistical Office»

What's next

In 2025, 58.2% or 217 000 of those who were injured in road traffic were male, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the occasion of the World Men's Day on 3 November.

Who reports

10 independent outlets · 34 articles