Blitz campaign in the Coesfeld district: traffic safety in the focus!

Im Kreis Coesfeld finden vom 17. bis 23. März Geschwindigkeitskontrollen statt, um die Verkehrssicherheit zu erhöhen.
From March 17th to 23rd, speed controls will take place in the district of Coesfeld to increase traffic safety. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Blitz campaign in the Coesfeld district: traffic safety in the focus!

Security in road traffic is the focus of the activities in the Coesfeld district. In the coming week, the district administration will carry out speed controls from March 17th to 23rd, 2025 in order to check compliance with the speed limit. The aim of this measure is to increase traffic safety and reduce excessive speed, one of the main causes of accident. According to Ruhr Nachrichten, the location of speedster devices are also recorded, among other things to identify.

The planned flash locations are as follows:

  • Monday, March 17: Billerbeck, Coesfelder Straße
  • Tuesday, March 18: Nottuln, Coesfelder Straße
  • Wednesday, March 19: Olfen, Borker Landweg
  • Thursday, March 20: Lüdinghausen, Reckelsumer Straße
  • Friday, March 21: Ascheberg, Merschstraße
  • Saturday, March 22nd: Rosendahl, K 41

It should be noted that the locations can be changed at short notice and that new measurement locations can be added or canceled, which illustrates the dynamic approach to promoting traffic safety.

traffic safety in focus

In addition to these controls, the police also carry out their own speed measurements in the district area. The Coesfeld district sees speed monitoring as an essential part of its traffic safety strategy. Data show that excessive speed is one of the most common causes of accidents. Therefore, the controls are concentrated on accident focuses and roads, which are used intensively by weaker road users, such as children, older people and cyclists, so
Kreis Coesfeld .

As part of this initiative, the “Pact für Road Safety” was also launched. This aims to avoid deaths and serious injuries to road traffic. The importance of analyzing accident data is emphasized in order to be able to develop targeted measures to improve traffic safety. The basics for these analyzes are standardized accident data that are recorded by the police at the accident locations, such as Mobility Forum reports.

Overall, it becomes clear that comprehensive control and analysis work is essential to maintain and improve safety in road traffic. The upcoming speed controls in the Coesfeld district are only part of a larger approach that is committed to the goal of making the streets safer for all road users.

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