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statistically, there is a very slim chance of finding one's self in a collision there, and if so, a slimmer chance of being injured. So in terms of any worry one might have about getting hurt on the Autobahn. Indeed, even the most injuries from collisions, come from urban areas as well. So this is like to include fender-benders, T-boning at intersections, and trotting over pedestrians and cyclists. The majority of German collisions don't occur on the highway, going over 150kmph, no no, they are in fact most frequently occurring in urban areas. Of the 2.5 million collisions in Germany in 2015 (yup, that many), only a paltry twenty thousand of them actually occurred on the Autobahn. One might think that the majority of these collisions would come from break-neck speed driving along the Autobahn. However, there is a bit of a surprise within this statistic itself. It's true, Germany has held a several year record of most vehicular collisions, in the whole of the European Union (which is now short of stats from the United Kingdom). 14 Germany Had Most Collisions In Europe. If for no other reason than the maintenance, the Autobahn is impeccable. Imagine a pileup like that, in the same weather conditions in the U.S., and one is likely looking at some cot of life. Not a single one! Sure reports vary over how many people were indeed injured (it seems somewhere near forty - though not even ten of those were seriously injured), but there was not a single reported death on the Autobahn that day.
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The astonishing part of this massive pileup, on one of the fastest highways in the world, in some of the worst driving conditions. And according to Germany's NH24: "one hundred policemen, eighty firefighters, twenty five rescue cars, and ten emergency physicians", rolled up to the scene to assist in rescuing people from their cars, and dealing with injuries, be they minor or major. This section of Germany's A45 stretch of the Autobahn was shut down for hours, of course.
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That's right! In March of 2014, there was a striking return surge of Winter that led to extremely poor driving conditions on the Autobahn, which in turn resulted in 103 cars wedging themselves, one into the other.