Overview

• Five head-on crashes occurred between August 1 and 2 on regional roads across Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
• Fatalities include a 56-year-old motorcyclist on the PA 7 near Eglsee, a 61-year-old Mercedes driver on the B 311 near Ertingen and a 34-year-old BMW driver on the B 14 near Pommelsbrunn.
• In Kamenz, a VW Tiguan veered into the oncoming lane on Pulsnitzer Straße, injuring its driver and a Seat Alhambra occupant, while a VW Transporter collision on the B 245 in Völpke hospitalized multiple vehicle occupants.
• Polizeiinspektion Passau, Polizeipräsidium Ulm, Polizei Mittelfranken, Polizeidirektion Görlitz and Polizeirevier Börde have launched active probes and summoned expert teams for technical crash reconstructions.
• The series of unexplained lane departures has heightened calls for strengthened safety measures on Germany’s regional road network.