Can you improve safety at the crossing aid on Murnauer Reschstraße?
Several authorities will soon be dealing with this question during an on-site visit.
There was a fatal accident in the area a good two months ago.
Murnau
- The images the rescue workers saw on Thursday, September 9th, were terrible. An 81-year-old woman from the southern district of Weilheim-Schongau was hit by a truck while crossing Reschstrasse in Murnau. The elderly lady died at the scene of the accident.
CSU councilor Michael Hosp drives the issue. In a council meeting he asked if something could be done to increase the safety of the crossing aid there. “A lot of people walk over there.” If you use the crossing aid with your bike or pram, “it gets pretty tight”. Hosp, consultant for fire extinguishing and disaster control, describes the situation in the Tagblatt conversation as "confusing". According to him, the two blue arrows are at a "stupid height". Maybe you could place these signs lower so that you can better recognize people standing on the crossing aid. The CSU mandate holder also brings lighting or a flashing light into play. However, he does not know whether this is allowed. But one thing is clear to him: you have to see that “something like this doesn't happen anymore”.From his point of view, the “royal solution” is: The traffic has to get out of the place, by means of a bypass.
"Too much heavy traffic"
Transport officer Welf Probst (Free Voters) also sees it that way.
“We just have too much heavy traffic.” In his opinion, it would be “premature” to say that the crossing aid on Reschstrasse is a “major factor of uncertainty”.
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View of the scene of the accident: the red truck that caught the woman is towed away.
The reason: An appraisal was drawn up.
© Bartl archive
It is relatively narrow.
Georg Öttl, a transport employee at the Murnau police station, wonders “whether something can be done structurally”.
He wants to wait and see what an on-site visit, which is scheduled for the beginning of December, will result.
Representatives of the Murnau market, the members of the market council, the police, the district administration and the state building authority are invited.
An expert opinion was drawn up on the fatal accident.
Öttl: "Everything indicates that the woman did not look enough." It was not because of the truck driver.
Longer and wider island not feasible
The market town of Murnau initiated, planned and financed the crossing aid in 2016. It had previously been determined that there was a need for it. “The State Building Authority has approved the crossing aid because, despite its minimal dimensions, it basically enables a simpler and safer crossing for pedestrians, even when there is a lot of traffic,” says Werner Hüntelmann, Head of Planning and Construction at the Weilheim authority. “A longer and wider island would have been desirable, but could not be implemented due to the cramped conditions and the existing access roads. As far as we know, the fatal accident did not take place on the island, but on the roadway, which means that the island was not the cause. "
According to city hall spokeswoman Annika Röttinger, “the crossing aid was built in accordance with all legal requirements”.
And further: “First we have to wait for the report on why an accident happened here in the first place.” The administration has apparently not yet had the expertise.
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