The road safety report for 2023 in headlines:

- Slight increase in the number of road accidents
- Number of injuries (fatalities) down
- Frequency of injuries in the HF district (per 100,000) below average

Short overview
In total, 7,538 road accidents occurred across the district in 2023. This was 234 more accidents than in 2022, an increase of 3.2%. Of these, 6,818 were road accidents with property damage. As a result, senior citizens, children and young people remain a focus of road safety work by the police in the Herford district.

In the past year, the district police authority reported six road fatalities (-5 compared to 2022).

The main causes of accidents are giving way, turning and speed. In addition, road users must expect increased checks for alcohol and drugs in road traffic as well as the use of cell phones while driving.

For more details on road accident trends in 2023, see the statistics opposite.