Shocking accident near Eschenbach: VW Golf flies 20 meters through the air!

Shocking accident near Eschenbach: VW Golf flies 20 meters through the air!

On Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m., a serious traffic accident occurred on State Road 2122, near Eschenbach. The driver of a VW Golf skidded in a left-hand bend, causing the vehicle to use a guard rail as a jump and fly around 20 meters into the air. After the impact, the car rolled over several times and came to rest on its four tires between trees. The VW Golf suffered a total economic loss.

Fortunately, the driver was able to exit the vehicle independently. As a precaution, he was taken to the hospital in Weiden. An alcohol test showed that alcoholism was suspected. The fire brigade, emergency services and police were called to the scene of the accident through an automatic mobile phone alarm known as eCall. The fire brigades from Tremmersdorf and Schmelzersdorf were in action, while the fire brigades from Speinshart and Eschenbach canceled their journey.

The eCall and its meaning

The eCall system is an automatic emergency call system that transmits precise location data to the emergency services in the event of a traffic accident. It can be activated manually by vehicle occupants or automatically by sensors. The aim of eCall is to reduce the time between an accident and medical care in order to reduce the consequences of injuries and therefore potentially save lives. Studies show that rapid alerting, as in the case in Eschenbach, can significantly improve the response time of the emergency services. This has been particularly demonstrated by the eMERGE project, which indicates a response time reduction of around 50% in rural areas.

There are two types of eCall systems within the European Union: the statutory EU 112 eCall, which has been installed as standard in all new car models since March 31, 2018, and private providers such as Bosch, which act as third party service providers. Bosch receives incoming eCalls in its emergency call centers and transmits secured information to the responsible rescue control centers. One advantage is that erroneous alarms, for example those caused by accidentally pressing the emergency call button, are filtered.

Relevance in traffic safety

Implementing the eCall system could prevent up to 2,500 deaths annually in the EU, as estimated by the European Commission. A study from Sweden shows that 5% of traffic accident victims would have survived if they had been found in time. Such findings underscore the importance and potential life-saving that the eCall system brings.

Nevertheless, progress in the implementation of eCall remains behind schedule. Nevertheless, over 70% of Europeans support the system and would like to see it integrated into future vehicles. While the events surrounding the accident near Eschenbach show how eCall works in practice, the continuous improvement of road safety remains a key challenge in the future.