Are there statistics of the real speed (and accidents) of cars in German autobahns? [closed]

1. How often do accidents happen on the Autobahn?
2. Are there more accidents on Autobahn?
3. Is driving on the Autobahn dangerous?
4. Why is there no speed limit on the autobahn?
5. What is the fastest speed ever recorded on the Autobahn?
6. Why does the US not have an autobahn?
7. Why Germany has no speed limit?
8. What is the highest speed limit in the world?
9. Which countries have no speed limits?
10. How fast are you allowed to drive on the Autobahn?
11. Can anyone drive on the Autobahn?
12. Is the autobahn safer than UK motorways?

How often do accidents happen on the Autobahn?

The accident rate on the Autobahn is consistently lower than many other interstate style highway systems, partly because of its better construction – it has a 40 year rating. The US highway system has a 20 year rating. The annual fatality rate on the Autobahn in 2.7 per billion kilometers traveled.

Are there more accidents on Autobahn?

On autobahns 22 people died per 1,000 injury crashes, a lower rate than the 29 deaths per 1,000 injury accidents on conventional rural roads, which in turn is five times higher than the risk on urban roads—speeds are higher on rural roads and autobahns than urban roads, increasing the severity potential of a crash.

Is driving on the Autobahn dangerous?

Depending on the urban area in which you're driving the Autobahn, the speed limits range from 80 k/ph to 130 k/ph (50mph-80mph), these regulatory speeds are in place to prevent an excess of potentially fatal car-accidents in portions of the Autobahn characterized by dangerous curves, heavy traffic, and major ...

Why is there no speed limit on the autobahn?

The Nazi government passed the Road Traffic Act in 1934, limiting speeds to 60 kph (37 mph) in urban areas but setting no limit for rural roads or autobahns. ... In December 1973, the oil crisis prompted the West German government to set an autobahn speed limit of 100 kph (62 mph).

What is the fastest speed ever recorded on the Autobahn?

What is the fastest speed ever recorded on the autobahn? The fastest speed ever recorded on the German Autobahn was 432 kilometres per hour. The speed was recorded by Rudolf Caracciola on the stretch just before his accident. This is the highest recorded speed on a motorway.

Why does the US not have an autobahn?

One reason the US doesn't have its own Autobahn is that our drivers are formally trained quite a lot less often, which means we're also generally less experienced. While the US has plenty of good drivers, it also has an abundance of bad ones due to relatively lax driver's license regulations.

Why Germany has no speed limit?

This was mostly to conserve resources for the war (and because several high ranking Nazis had been killed in accidents on the new Autobahnen). Being a war-time law, it was nullified in 1952 by the Bundestag - without replacement. At that time, most European countries didn't have speed limits.

What is the highest speed limit in the world?

The highest posted speed limit in the world is 160 km/h (99 mph), which applies to two motorways in the UAE.

Which countries have no speed limits?

Today there is only one country in the world which has no speed limits at all – the Isle of Man – though famously there are areas of the German autobahns (motorways) which have only advisory speed limits known as 'richgeschwindigkeit'.

How fast are you allowed to drive on the Autobahn?

So, how fast are you allowed to drive on the autobahn? The German government recommends a maximum speed of 130 kph / 80 mph per hour on autobahns, but lets drivers go as fast as they want in some areas (without any speed limits).

Can anyone drive on the Autobahn?

The first thing any driver needs to know about the rules of the autobahn is that passing on the right is verboten! It is illegal to pass a vehicle on the right.
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Seven Rules for Driving on the Autobahn.

Is the autobahn safer than UK motorways?

Per billion kilometres travelled on motorways, Germany's fatality rate (1.6) is twice as high as that in the UK (0.8). Again, while the exact quantum of vehicles is hard to determine, it would indicate that Germany's motorways are not nearly as safe as Minister Scheuer would assert them to be.