Overview
- Between July 21 and 23, multi-vehicle collisions and truck rollovers on major routes injured multiple drivers, critically harmed two truckers and killed a motorist on the A20.
- A 20-year-old lorry driver overturned on the A7 near Kempten, scattering 26.5 tonnes of splitter, while a pork-laden Sattelzug jackknifed at the Kirchheimer Dreieck and required an airlift rescue.
- Heavy rain on the B178 in Görlitz caused a vehicle to skid into oncoming traffic, colliding with multiple cars and injuring two.
- Police discovered alcohol and cannabis in a 43-year-old’s vehicle after his A96 rollover and detained another driver with over 1.1 ‰ blood alcohol following a crash on the B472.
- As of midday July 23, most affected sections have reopened with lane restrictions remaining for cleanup, and authorities continue to monitor injured motorists and probe the causes.