Increasing aggression in German road traffic according to the GDV study

Aggression in German road traffic has increased significantly in recent years. This emerges from a long-term accident research study by the General Association of the German Insurance Industry (GDV) presented in Berlin on Monday. Accordingly, almost all of the values ​​collected to measure aggressive behavior deteriorated. The trend has been going on for around ten years.

“Every second driver has to react immediately when they are annoyed with others,” explained the head of GDV accident research, Kirstin Zeidler, about the results. According to the data, 47 percent of drivers pushed when traffic seemed too slow to them. After overtaking, 32 percent cut in so closely that other vehicles had to brake.

The survey also indicates increasingly aggressive traffic behavior among cyclists. 43 percent of them force the right of way every now and then - after 28 percent in the survey from 2023. Almost one in two overtook cars on the left or weaved through traffic.