Overview

• On August 1, three head-on collisions on rural roads—on Kreisstraße PA 7 in Niederbayern, the B311 near Ertingen and the B14 east of Pommelsbrunn—claimed the lives of a motorcyclist and two car drivers.
• Traffic authorities have launched detailed investigations with forensic experts to reconstruct why multiple vehicles veered into oncoming lanes.
• Heavy rainfall on the A95 between Munich and Münsing triggered aquaplaning collisions and forced temporary full closures of the motorway.
• In separate incidents, a THC-positive driver in Ingolstadt caused more than €150,000 in property damage during a high-speed drug-fueled rampage and a crash in Landkreis Zwickau involved a stolen motorcycle with forged plates.
• Police, fire brigades and medical teams cordoned off accident sites, implemented local detours and conducted extensive rescue and recovery operations.