Kreuzberg: Smart accident demands injuries and causes chaos!

Kreuzberg: Smart accident demands injuries and causes chaos!

In the afternoon of July 11, 2025, a serious accident occurred in Berlin-Kreuzberg. A 25-year-old woman drove her smart to a parked car around 3:50 p.m. The incident happened on Urbanstrasse, when the driver intended to change the lane, but was prevented by another vehicle on the trail. As a result, her smart collided with a standing Opel, with the impact of being pushed again against another car. The driver of the front vehicle left the scene of the accident without leaving his personal details. It later turned out that there was no valid liability insurance for the foremost vehicle.

The driver's 9-year-old sister was in the passenger seat and both suffered injuries. They had to be taken to the hospital immediately. In each case, operating materials ran out of the smart, which prompted the police to block Urbanstrasse during the investigation and the fire brigade measures. The traffic investment commissioner of Police Directorate 5 (City) has started the investigation to clarify the exact circumstances of the accident. Fortunately, the opel driver remained intact.

racer accident in darkness

The same night another serious accident occurred in Kreuzberg. A 19-year-old driver of a VW polo raced through a Tempo 30 zone in Alexandrinenstrasse. At the intersection with the Ritterstraße, he roamed a VW bus that was directed by a 30-year-old woman and had previously disregarded a stop sign. The impact was violent: the VW polo turned and crashed into a light mast, with several parked cars being damaged.

In addition to the driver of the VW Polo, his four inmates, including three 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, were injured. The driver himself suffered serious injuries to the arm and head, while one of the front passenger was temporarily trapped in the vehicle and also bought a head injury. The remaining inmates and the driver of the VW bus suffered minor injuries. Around 60 onlookers gathered at the scene of the accident, which led to tumultuous scenes, especially when a man and a woman drove to the site on a scooter. The man who was apparently the father of one of the injuries wanted to gain access to the ambulance, but was held back by the police.

statistical trends in road traffic

These two accidents are part of a major problem: In 2023, around 2.5 million road traffic accidents were counted in Germany. The number of accidents has increased in recent decades due to increasing traffic. While most accidents only cause damage to property, the number of traffic accidents with personal damage remains at a comparable level as in 1955. In addition, the downward trend of traffic fatalities in Germany has slowed down since the early 2010s.

The goal of the EU Transport Minister, known as a vision of Zero, strives to have no racing dead until 2050. In 2023 there were a total of 2,839 traffic fatalities in Germany, while the EU had an average of 46 fatalities per million inhabitants, in Germany there were 34. Frequent causes of accidents are insufficient distance, non -adapted speed and driving under alcohol influence; In 2023 there were about 15,700 alcohol -related accidents with personal injury.

The current incidents in Kreuzberg also make a highlight of the serious safety problems in road traffic, which can be dangerous for both the drivers and uninvolved third parties.