Drugs, accidents and chaos: Frontal crash in Althütte shaken!

Drugs, accidents and chaos: Frontal crash in Althütte shaken!

Kreisstraße zwischen Lippoldsweiler und Althütte-Sechselberg, 73666 Althütte, Deutschland - rapid driving style and drug use has led to several serious traffic accidents in the region in the past few days. On Saturday afternoon there was an expensive frontal collision between a Mercedes sprinter and a Mercedes C-Class in Althütte. According to the reports of Swabian post lost a 34-year-old from Stuttgart was traveling after Backnang. At 9:50 p.m. the driver overestimated his speed and no longer reacted in time when his vehicle initially got to the right and then hurled across the street, ran over several guidelines and traffic signs.

The car finally crossed a embankment and stopped in a parking lot of a furniture store. The driver suffered serious injuries and had to be taken to the hospital. Here, too, the police carried out a blood sample and took his driver's license from the driver. The estimated property damage is around 35,000 euros, and the investigation due to the risk to road traffic under the influence of intoxicating funds was initiated.

drugs in road traffic

These incidents illustrate the growing problem of drugs at the wheel, which also accepts alarming proportions in Austria. A dark field study by the Board of Trustees (KFV) shows that in 2023 around 250,000 people under the influence of drugs steered a vehicle. It is interesting that only about 8,676 advertisements have been reimbursed for drug drivers, which only makes 3 % of the estimated cases, as can be seen from the report of the KFV from 2024

There is a considerable need for action to improve drug detection; Suitable devices and processes should be implemented in order to efficiently pull more drug drivers out of traffic. The recommendations are based on European role models and should help to avoid such dangerous events as recent accidents in Althütte and Waldrems in the future.