Rapid escape: stolen Mercedes devastated Reinickendorfer streets!

Rapid escape: stolen Mercedes devastated Reinickendorfer streets!

In the afternoon of May 25, 2025, there was a series of traffic accidents in Reinickendorf, which caused a significant traffic jam in the area. An unknown driver who was traveling with a stolen Mercedes rams a parked Dacia on Amendrasse corner Breitkopfstraße at 2:15 p.m. The Dacia is pushed against another parked BMW by the impact.

The fleeting driver continued his chaotic driving style by turning on the Breitkopfstrasse towards Hausotterstrasse. After a short stop to let his passenger get out, he tried to drive between a parked BMW and a waiting VW, which led to further damage to both vehicles. When he couldn't pass the gap, he collided with a parked Audi and then rammed a parked Renault on the sidewalk. After that, the driver removed undetected from the scene of the accident, while his passenger fled on foot. The alarmed police were able to follow the passenger, but soon lost contact. The stolen Mercedes was finally found not far from the scene of the accident, and the investigation was taken over by the specialist commissioner for traffic offenses of the police department 1 (north). berlin.de reports that ...

another severe misfortune

On Friday morning there was another accident in Reinickendorf in which a police car was involved. The emergency vehicle, which drove with flashing lights and Martinshorn towards Seidelstrasse, collided with the car of a 61-year-old driver at the intersection to Antonienstraße. This was in the direction of A111. In the collision, the 61-year-old and two passengers, aged 60 and 82, suffered internal injuries and had to be hospitalized.

The three police officers in the emergency car also suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital for examination. A policewoman had to be inpatient, while the driver of the police car and another colleague could be released after outpatient treatment. In the incident, a traffic light on a central island was also badly damaged. As a result, the Scharnweberstraße was temporarily closed in both directions between Seidelstrasse and Eichborndamm. For further details, Berliner Zeitung.

traffic accident statistics in Berlin

The incidents in Reinickendorf also skill lightly on the current traffic safety in Berlin. The monthly road traffic accident statistics collects data on the traffic safety situation and serves as the basis for well -founded measures in legislation, traffic education and road construction. The Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg shows that only accidents that were on public roads and paths and police are included in this survey. These are important information for the analysis of causes of the accident and showing patterns in traffic.