Police want to crack down
A2 near dortmund: after horrific accident – police announce daily checks
12.07.2021 updated: 12:50
Accidents on highways often don’t end well. There have been too many crashes on a freeway near dortmund recently. The police are now reacting.
Dortmund- too high speed or too little distance- these are just two of the reasons why serious accidents occur on freeways time and again. This also happened on the A2 near dortmund.
| Highway |
A2 |
| Length |
486 kilometers |
| section |
freeway intersection dortmund/northwest and henrichenburg |
Too many accidents on the A2 near Dortmund: repeated crashes on freeway section
According to the Dortmund police, there have been more than 30 accidents on this busy highway since 2018, some of them serious. The five-kilometer stretch between the dortmund/northwest interchange and henrichenburg is an accident hotspot.
A horrific accident involving a truck recently occurred on this stretch of the A2 near Dortmund. The truck broke through the central guardrail and crashed into oncoming traffic. Two people died, three others including two young people were seriously injured.
Speeding violations and many accidents: Dortmund police want to carry out daily speed checks on the A2
And the police figures speak for themselves in other respects as well. On 15 measurement days in the past two months, the radar system counted a total of 72 accidents.000 vehicles on this section of the A2. 2.700 drivers were speeding. A driver drove among other things with 174 km/h where only 80 km/h are permitted. He and other traffic offenders can expect a fine- and a warning fine, in 536 cases there is also a threat of a driving ban (read more blue light news from Dortmund on RUHR24).
The many accidents and speeding violations have prompted the highway patrol to take tougher action on the A2 near Dortmund. Speed cameras are now constantly being used on the section between the dortmund/nordwest interchange and henrichenburg.
"from now on, road users must expect speed measurements there every day," says a statement from the dortmund police department.
Speed cameras are now being used daily on the A2 near Dortmund: police want to prevent further accidents
"the results of the speed measurements and the many accidents with injuries and fatalities show that we need to draw more attention to the risk of accidents caused by excessive speed in this area and reduce speed – with the aim of preventing further accidents," explains manfred blunk, head of the highway police in kamen.
According to the report, most serious accidents occur in the direction of oberhausen. on the section between dortmund/nordwest and henrichenburg, car and truck drivers have several freeway junctions and also traffic jams behind them.
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"behind the dortmund/northwest interchange, the area towards the west opens up again, the traffic straightens out on these kilometers – and it then accelerates strongly on three clear lanes," blunk continues. According to the police, this is precisely where the risk of accidents on the A2 near Dortmund lies.
Accident hotspot on the A2 near dortmund: speed cameras and further measures in the pipeline
The highway patrol therefore issues an urgent warning: "speed is the decisive factor in whether an accident results in minor or serious injury or even death to the occupants of the vehicle."in wet conditions there is also a danger of aquaplaning in this section of the A2.
In addition to the daily speed camera campaign, the police want to discuss further measures in consultation with the autobahn gmbh on how the accident black spot could be defused in the future.
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