The number of traffic accidents has increased again in the past year. Nowhere in the Netherlands did the number of traffic accidents increase as fast as in our province. And this year, too, the counter is running fast. With two months to go in this calendar year, the number of fatal accidents is already numerous. That while the province’s spearhead is to reduce the number of accidents in Brabant, under the motto ‘Brabant goes for ZERO’. At least that didn’t work for this year. The exact figures for the full year are not yet complete, but looking back at the year already yields a lot of sad news. These accidents were so severe that they are still burned into our retinas.
January: Father and daughter die in accident in Best
On the Vleutstraat in Best, a car drives into a tree in a slight bend, in January of this year. A father (51) and his daughter (18) do not survive the accident. The father died instantly, the daughter later died in hospital.
March: Two children dead in Chaam collision
A horrible accident in Chaam in March of this year: A woman with three children in the car ran off the road on the Oude Bredasebaan and crashed into a tree. Two children, a baby and a four-year-old, were killed in the collision. It is still unclear how the accident could have happened, as the car was driving on a nearly straight road.
May: Pedestrian killed on the Besterdring
A man who was walking his dog on the Besterdring in Tilburg was hit by a car in May this year. Emergency services tried to resuscitate the man, but to no avail. The car continued to drive after the collision.
The accident prompted the municipality of Tilburg to tackle the Besterdring early: the road will become a 30-kilometre zone.
June: Two dead in a motorcycle accident near Oeffelt
A man (19) and a woman (19) die in a motorcycle accident on the N264 and the intersection with Urlingsestraat. The two came from Cuijk and sat on the motorcycle together. The next day, photos and flowers are laid at the scene of the accident by friends of the couple. There is great disbelief among the relatives.
August: Two dead in Ledeacker accident
Two 18-year-old boys die in an accident on the De Quayweg in Ledeacker. There were a total of four people in the car, the other two boys, aged 18 and 19, were seriously injured. No other traffic was involved in the accident, but it must have been very violent: debris from the car was scattered all over the road and one of the victims was found in a ditch.
September: Traffic drama with four deaths in Oud Gastel
Two women and two young children are killed in an accident in Oud Gastel. Two cars collided there on the Blauwhekken. A third child was injured in the accident. Three young men were in the other car, but they were not injured.
October: Hebe and Sanne die
The fateful accident of Hebe and Sanne keeps Brabant in its grip in October. The ten-year-old girl and her supervisor get off the road at the Empel junction and end up in the water. Nobody sees the accident happening. It takes a few days before the car and the bodies of the two are found.
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