Road deaths
People killed in road accidents per million inhabitants, 2025
558 people died on the roads of the former East in 2025, 45 per million inhabitants, against 33 per million in the West (1.4 times). Cities are safest: Berlin recorded 10 per million.
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Inner-German border 1949–1990 ·401 districts · 2025
Former West
33
excl. Berlin
Former East
45
excl. Berlin
Berlin
10
Germany
34
Figures in per million
The East stands at 136% of the West's level (2025).
By state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern60
- Brandenburg50
- Sachsen-Anhalt48
- Niedersachsen47
- Thüringen45
- Rheinland-Pfalz38
- Bayern38
- Sachsen36
- Baden-Württemberg33
- Schleswig-Holstein32
- Hessen32
- Saarland27
- Nordrhein-Westfalen27
- Hamburg11
- Berlin10
- Bremen10
2025
Notes & caveats
- Deaths are counted where the accident happened, not where the victim lived; districts with busy motorways and few residents therefore score high.
- District numbers are small (often under 10 deaths a year), so single years vary a lot.
- East (without Berlin), West and state figures are our calculation from the district counts.
- Hanau became an independent city on 1 January 2026; for 2025 it is part of Main-Kinzig-Kreis, whose value the map shows for both.
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| State | Side | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Saarland | west | 27 per million |
| Berlin | berlin | 10 per million |
| Brandenburg | east | 50 per million |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | east | 60 per million |
| Sachsen | east | 36 per million |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | east | 48 per million |
| Thüringen | east | 45 per million |
| Schleswig-Holstein | west | 32 per million |
| Hamburg | west | 11 per million |
| Niedersachsen | west | 47 per million |
| Bremen | west | 10 per million |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | west | 27 per million |
| Hessen | west | 32 per million |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | west | 38 per million |
| Baden-Württemberg | west | 33 per million |
| Bayern | west | 38 per million |