Overview

• The Blitzermarathon, a one-week campaign, begins Monday, April 7, 2025, involving 14 of Germany's 16 federal states.
• Speed checks will focus on accident-prone areas, schools, and construction zones to reduce traffic fatalities and encourage safer driving habits.
• Bavaria will deploy approximately 1,500 monitoring stations, while states like Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt will conduct week-long checks dubbed 'Speedweek.'
• Some states, including Bavaria and Thuringia, will concentrate their enforcement efforts on Wednesday, April 9.
• Berlin and Saarland are the only states not participating in the initiative, which follows a rise in traffic fatalities in 2024 linked to speeding.