Germany recorded a significant decrease in traffic violations again in 2022. According to the annual statistics from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the total number of traffic offenses – both criminal and administrative offenses – fell to just 200,000 and 3.9 million cases last year. This continues the declining trend of the last five years.
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Gender discrepancy
At the same time, the data shows that women are less likely to violate traffic rules. The discrepancy between the genders becomes even clearer when looking at specific administrative offenses. The proportion of women is highest, around a third, for the offenses of turning, turning, reversing and red light violations. Speeding offenses make up the largest proportion of administrative offenses – around 76 percent of these are committed by men. Male road users also dominate with 86 to 98 percent of offenses related to alcohol, overtaking or securing loads. The following applies to the data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority: The number of administrative offenses refers to all people who took part in road traffic and therefore also to all driving license classes plus cyclists and scooter drivers as well as pedestrians.
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Given an approximately even distribution of overall driving licenses, these numbers reflect a significant imbalance in terms of driving behavior. However, this does not apply to all driving license classes. For individual offenses that affect a certain category of vehicle more than others, the lower proportion of women may be part of the explanation for why more men than women commit this offense.
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