Terrible accident in Lankwitz: cyclists and joggers seriously injured!

Terrible accident in Lankwitz: cyclists and joggers seriously injured!

Leonorenstraße, 12247 Berlin, Deutschland - yesterday evening, around 6 p.m., in Lankwitz, more precisely in Leonorenstrasse, there was an unfortunate accident between a cyclist and a jogger. The 53-year-old jogger crossed the street between parked cars and was hit by a 51-year-old cyclist who came from left and drove Leonorenstrasse towards Siemensstrasse. The collision caused the cyclist to fall and suffer serious injuries.

as the Berlin police , the cyclist suffered injuries on the face and several skin abrasions on the arms. The jogger suffered injuries to the head and pain on the knee. Both accidents were brought to hospitals by alarmed rescue workers. While the jogger could be treated on an outpatient basis, the cyclist had to be inpatient. His bike was also damaged in the collision.

Investigations and traffic safety

The investigation into the accident has already been taken over by a specialist commissioner for traffic offenses from the police department 4 (south). This type of incident raises important questions about traffic safety, especially in inner -city areas, where pedestrians and cyclists are considered "weak road users".

An investigation of accident research by insurers (UDV) shows that in 2023 in Germany 111,455 pedestrians and cyclists were accidentally fatal. Special caution is required, especially towards young pedestrians between the ages of 6 and 17, who often cannot correctly assess the dangers in traffic. In 75 percent of the cases in which cyclists and vehicle participation occurred, the motor vehicle drivers wore the main debt, often due to turning errors or the non-observance of the priority of pedestrians and cyclists.

sources of error in traffic

The most common mistakes of cyclists include driving in the wrong direction and red light violations, while many pedestrians also have an accident when crossing the crossing points as a result of red light violations or errors. These sources of error not only lead to injuries, but also to legal disputes. An example of this is a case recently before the Frankfurt Regional Court (or) negotiated case, in which a cyclist who behaved incorrectly was subject to damages against a motor driver and had to bear the costs of the procedure, since she had not taken into account the necessary due diligence.

The court dismissed the lawsuit because the plaintiff, who drove traffic in a traffic, had to be responsible for the accident on the sidewalk and in the wrong direction, as in the law firm Kotz .

These incidents illustrate the need for binding regulations and an improved infrastructure to ensure the safety of all road users. The recommendations of the rules for the design of roads and ways must be observed in order to lower the number of accidents and to raise awareness of safe behavior in road traffic.