Rainwater Sunday: serious accident on the A13 near Calau!

Rainwater Sunday: serious accident on the A13 near Calau!

On Sunday afternoon, July 15, 2025, a serious accident occurred on the A13 near Calau, which once more illustrates the dangers on the busy motorway between Berlin and Dresden. A driver lost control of his VW on a rain -wet road and hurled against the middle protection plank and the right guardrail. The impact was so violent that the vehicle is no longer ready to drive and that the total damage is estimated at around 20,000 euros. The driver had to be taken to the hospital with injuries, as Niederlausitz Aktuell reports.

This type of incident is unfortunately not an isolated case on the A13, which is particularly often used by road users. Again and again there are accidents that are not only dangerous for those affected, but also cause traffic restrictions and traffic jams. According to TAG24 such accidents pass almost every day. The highway attracts a high volume of traffic in particular between the Dresden-Nord and the Schönefelder Kreuz, which also exacerbates the situation.

further incidents in the region

Not only the accident at Calau employed the emergency services this weekend. In Ruhland, smoke from an unused factory building was reported on Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. The fire brigade was able to extinguish a fire, the cause of which has so far been unknown. Fortunately, there were no injuries and rail traffic also remained untouched, while the police are now examining the cause of the fire.

On Monday morning, July 16, there was another traffic accident in the roundabout on Karl-Marx-Straße in Calau. Here, an unknown black car braked without reason, which meant that a Peugeot had to open and a cyclist had to avoid and fell. Fortunately, the incident ended without injuries, but the black car was able to flee unauthorized. The property damage moved in the four -digit range.

statistics and security on the streets

Such accidents contribute to worrying statistics on German roads. In 2024, around 2.5 million traffic accidents were registered in Germany, a decline compared to the previous year, while the number of accidents with personal injury is at an alarming level. In the EU, our vision of Zero was launched to strive for a number of zero traffic dead by 2050, but human mistakes, such as inattentiveness and non -adapted speed, are still common causes of such accidents. In 2024, 198 people were killed in alcohol -related accidents in Germany alone, which shows that there is still an urgent need for action, such as the data from Statista.

Against the background of these incidents in the region and the overarching security situation, every driver should always have a good knack and are responsible on the roads. The current situation requires increased awareness of the dangers and a careful driving style, especially in difficult weather conditions.