Motorcyclist seriously injured: drama on the A1 near Wildeshausen!

Motorradfahrer schwer verletzt bei Unfall auf der A1 in Oldenburg. Ermittlungen laufen, Unfallursache geklärt.
Motorcyclists seriously injured in the event of an accident on the A1 in Oldenburg. Investigations run, the cause of the accident clarified. (Symbolbild/MND)

Motorcyclist seriously injured: drama on the A1 near Wildeshausen!

Oldenburg, Deutschland - A serious accident occurred on Tuesday evening on the A1 between Wildeshausen and Alhorn in the Oldenburg district. A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Langwedel was seriously injured when he hit a truck with his bike. According to ndr was previously forbidden and then switched to the right left lanes, which led to the serious accident.

The injured person had to be flown to the next hospital with a rescue helicopter. The A1 was temporarily completely blocked during the landing of the helicopter, such as Sat1 regional . The police have started the investigation and currently evaluates witnesses to clarify the exact course of the accident. It is worrying that the young man's motorcycle was not approved at the time of the accident.

accident statistics for motorcycles in Germany

Federal Institute for Streets , the average number of motorcycle accidents with personal loss over a period of ten years was around 28,000 per year. More than 90% of the people concerned were motorcycle users. The number of deadly crashed motorcyclists from 651 in 2008 went back to 579 in 2017 - that is a plus, although the number of seriously injured drivers increase by 1% to 9,555

The data also show that a growing performance of the motorcycles is associated with a higher risk. Drivers more powerful motorcycles often injure themselves more seriously than those with less strong machines. This raises the question of how important it is not only in road traffic, but also when choosing the vehicle, to focus on safety.

summarized is to be hoped that the seriously injured motorcyclist will soon recover and lead the investigation into further clarity. In any case, a responsible handling of motorcycling should always be in the first place in order to avoid such accidents in the future.

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