Serious accident on Rügen: Cyclists after Crash seriously injured!
Serious accident on Rügen: Cyclists after Crash seriously injured!
A serious accident caused horror on Friday, July 4, 2025. A 62-year-old cyclist was seriously injured in a frontal collision with a car. The incident occurred on the connecting road between Rambin and Götemitz, when an 89-year-old driver got onto the oncoming lane for an unknown cause and collided with the cyclist. The impact was so violent that the cyclist was thrown onto the windscreen of the VW Touran.
While the cyclist was brought to the Stralsund Clinic with serious injuries, the driver was unharmed, but his vehicle was no longer ready to drive. The 66-year-old companion of the cyclist was lucky: he was able to avoid and remained intact. The police from Bergen secured the 89-year-old's driver's license, and the criminal police are now investigating suspicion of hazardous road traffic. The damage to property is estimated at around 5,000 euros, reports tixio .
bicycle accidents in the region
The Rugesche accident is not isolated. It was not until 2024 that reports about serious traffic accidents with cyclists increased. In one afternoon, two serious accidents occurred in the area: a 63-year-old man fell with his mountain bike and suffered serious injuries. An hour later there was a serious collision between two e-bike drivers, in which a 62-year life-threatening injuries suffered and had to be taken to the hospital in Rostock by rescue helicopter. Only one of the two women wore a bicycle helmet, which the police claimed as an urgent reference to the safety of the cyclists, the Presseportal .
a worrying trend
When you look at the numbers, it becomes clear that cycling in Germany is not only a lot of fun, but also associated with considerable risks. According to a current statistics, a total of 441 cyclists died in an accident in 2024. It is particularly alarming that 63.5 % of the fatally injured cyclists were 65 or older. This development shows that security on the streets for older cyclists becomes more urgent than ever. Only around half of the accidents are indebted by the cyclists themselves, in the event of accidents with cars, the fault of the cyclists will apply in only 24.7 % of cases. Nevertheless, many of the seniors do not worry about security, where the main debt for cyclists in 57 % of cases is in collisions with pedestrians, as the DetailsOrt Rambin, Deutschland Quellen