Serious accident in Kalkar: drivers drunk and without license!

A serious accident occurred on January 2nd, 2025 at 8:42 p.m. in the roundabout at the barracks in Kalkar. A 50-year-old man from Goch, who was traveling with a silver Honda, apparently overlooked the roundabout and ran over the middle island. He destroyed a warning bake and collided with an Audi that was in the roundabout. The 59-year-old Audi driver from Kalkar was unharmed.

The Honda driver, on the other hand, was seriously injured and had to be taken to the hospital. At first there was danger to life, which, however, later turned out to be no longer given, although he remained seriously injured. Blood samples were removed because there was suspicion of drug use. It also turned out that the Honda driver was under the influence of alcohol, had no driver's license and the vehicle was not approved-the attached license plates were not part of this car. Both vehicles were secured and were not ready to drive. The Klever police over the accident took over the accident recording.

connection to alcohol and drug accidents in Germany

As part of an investigation that deals with alcohol and drug accidents in Germany, it turns out that there has been a decline in alcohol-related accidents in recent years. According to a detailed analysis by Trid.trb.org , alcohol accidents with personal injury in 2020 fell by 6.8 % compared to 2019 and by 2.3 % in 2021. However, the decline in alcohol accidents was less damage than in the event of overall accidents. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in drug accidents with personal injury since the late 1990s, in particular since 2014, with a minor increase in drug accidents in 2020 and 2021 compared to previous years.