28 traffic deaths in 2023: risk of accidents reduced. 28 people died in accidents on Hamburg's streets last year.
That is four more than in 2022 and just as many as in the pre-Corona year 2019. Fewer people were injured last year and the number of seriously injured people fell by 14.5 percent. Too high a speed and too little distance are still the number one causes of accidents. Accidents under the influence of alcohol increased by 16.7 percent compared to 2019. The vast majority of accidents, 88 percent, involved passenger cars.