Road accidents

Early morning accident in the Altkönigstraße

February 18, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

In the early hours of Sunday morning (17th February, 2013), a 20-year-old man was driving his Renault car along the Altkönigstraße when he came into contact with two cars that had been properly parked and damaged them.

He continued on his journey without dealing with the situation and police believe that he was under the influence of alcohol at this time. They were able to identify the car shortly afterwards and find out how was driving it.

They then found the driver at home in his flat and took him to the police station for a blood alcohol test. His driving license was confiscated. The damage to the cars is estimated at €5,200 but no-one was hurt.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accident, alcohol, Altkoenigstrasse, blood test, cars, damaged, parked, Renault

Accident on the Kanonenstraße

February 15, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

Unfallzeit: Freitag, 08.02.2013 19:03 Uhr

Unfallort: 61440 Oberursel, L3004, Kanonenstraße

An accident which caused around €36,000 of damage took place on the Kanonenstraße (L3004) last Friday evening, 8th February, 2013.

A 21-year-old driver from Schmitten was travelling along the road in a BMW towards Oberursel. A 41-year-old driver, also from Schmitten, was travelling in the opposite direction in a Renault.

The BMW driver lost control of her vehicle in one of the curves due to ice on the road. The car ended up on the opposite side of the road where it collided with the Renault.

The Renault hit the crash barrier and flipped onto the right-hand side of the car, however the driver was able to free himself. Both drivers were slightly hurt.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accident, BMW, Kanonenstrasse, L3004, Renault

Medicine may have caused Blackout and accident

February 9, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

An accident at the “Drei Hasen” on Wednesday morning (6th February, 2013) may have been caused by the 75-year-old drive suffering a “blackout” after taking some form of medicine.

The Audi A6 crashed on the Homburger Landstraße whilst travelling towards Bad Homburg at high speed and without braking into a Mercedes Vito on the right-hand lane to Bommersheim.

Although the car was severely damaged, the Audi driver continued on his way and only stopped when he reached the “Zeilweg”. From their he called the police himself.

His driving license was confiscated. The damage is estimated at around €17,000.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: A6, Audi, blackout, Drei Hasen, Homburger Landstrasse, medicine, Mercedes Vito

Collision on the B455

February 7, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

A head-on collision took place on the B455 between the tunnel and the exit “Hohemark” last Thursday (31st January, 2013).

According to the the police report into the crash, a 55-year-old driver travelling from towards Königstein in a Renault crossed over onto the other side of the road and hit a Peugeot and a Porsche Cayenne. The reason for this is as yet unknown. Both he and the driver of the Porsche were trapped in their vehicles and had to be freed by the fire brigade. All three drivers were injured.

The road was closed to allow the vehicles to be removed, the damage is estimated to be at least €100,000.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: B455, collision, Hohemark, Peugeot, Porsche Cayenne, Renault, tunnel

Two injured on the Hohemarkstraße

February 6, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

Two people were slightly injured in an accident which took place on the Hohemarkstraße last Wednesday (30th January, 2013).

At the turning “Im Rosengärtchen” the 20-year-old driver of a VW Golf was too late in noticing that the car in front of her, a Toyota Yaris, had braked and drove into it. The force of the collision shunted the Toyota into the Peogot in front of it. The drivers of the Peugot and Toyota, both 22 years old, were slightly injured as a result.

The damage to the vehicles is estimated at €5,500.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accident, Hohemarkstrasse, Peugot, Toyota Yaris, VW Golf

Accident in Weißkirchen – Lorry Driver sought

February 1, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

On Friday evening last week (25th January, 2013), a 22 year old man from Frankfurt was driving his BMW along the Kurmainzer Strasse travelling from Steinbach when he drove past the turning into the Weißkirchener Strasse which he had intended to take.

He continued a short distance along the road before turning across the road and into an entrance. As he drove back onto the road he failed to notice a lorry with a trailer that was travelling towards Steinbach.

Although the BMW collided with the trailer, it appears that the lorry driver did not notice and continued on his journey. All that is known about the lorry is that the trailer was white.

The damage to the BMW is estimated at around 7,000EUR. No-one was injured.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: BMW, Kurmainzer Strasse, lorry, Weisskirchener Strasse

Three more accidents on the Kanonenstraße

January 18, 2013 By Graham Tappenden

Last Friday (11th January 2013), three accidents took place on the Kanonenstraße between 3pm and 9pm.

The first one at around 3pm involved a driver from Schmitten who was travelling from Oberursel towards the Sandplacken when she lost control of her vehicle and first hit the left crash barrier before hitting the right one. Police believe the accident was caused by patches of ice on the road. The driver was slightly injured and complained of back pains. Although an ambulance attended she was not taken to hospital. The car had to be towed away, with the damage estimated at €2,400.

Just after 6.15pm another driver from Schmitten travelling in the opposite direction suffered the same fate just 500m away from the site of the first accident, hitting the crash barrier on one side of the road and then the other at a bend. Luckily she was unhurt, although the damage is estimated at €4,500.

Finally at 9pm a driver from Langenselbold was travelling up the road towards the Sandplacken when again, due to ice on the road, she lost control of her vehicle at a point on the road between the sites of the other two accidents. The car hit one of the crash barriers, but the driver was again unhurt. The damage is estimated at €2,650.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accidents, bend, crash barrier, curve, ice, Kanonenstrasse, L3004, Sandplacken

Bridge hit by lorry despite warning signs

December 18, 2012 By Graham Tappenden

Despite warning signs advising of the 3.9m clearance under the bridge, a lorry from Essen in North Rhine-Westphalia with a higher trailer tried to pass under the bridge at the junction of the Homburger Landstraße and the Frankfurter Landstraße, in the area known as “An den Drei Hasen”, last Tuesday, 11th December, 2012.

The trailer was caught by the bridge, with the damage caused to the trailer itself estimated at €8,300.

It remains to be seen whether the bridge was damaged in any way.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: An den Drei Hasen, bridge, Essen, Frankfurter Landstrasse, Homburger Landstrasse, lorry

B456 closed after serious accident

December 18, 2012 By Graham Tappenden

The B456 road was closed between the turning to Oberstedten and the crossing in Dornholzhausen last Friday, 14th December, 2012, following a head-on collision between a lorry and a BMW.

According to the police report the articulated lorry, loaded with coal, was travelling towards Oberursel when it crossed over to the other side of the road near the footbridge connecting the Tannenwaldallee for reasons as yet unknown.

There it hit a BMW head-on and broke through the crash barrier before ending up on its roof next to the road.

The 45-year old driver of the BMW was trapped in their car and had to be freed by rescue services before being taken to hospital with injuries described as “life threatening”.

The 41-year old driver of the articulated lorry was slightly injured.

Although the cause of the accident remains to be established, an initial police report suggested that the health of the lorry driver may have played a role.

An estimate of the damage was put at €120,000.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accident, B456, BMW, Closed, lorry

Kanonenstraße closed after accident

November 29, 2012 By Graham Tappenden

Around €24,000 of damage were caused last Thursday (22nd November) by an accident on the “Kanonenstraße” (L3004).

For reasons as yet unknown an VW Golf driven by an 18-year old came into contact with an Audi Q7, driven by a 40-year old and travelling in the opposite direction near the “Sandplacken”.

After this, the Golf had a head-on collision with a Ford Cougar driven by a 41-year old from Frankfurt.

The driver of the Cougar was slightly injured, although the driver of the Golf more seriously. Fuel leaked from the vehicles, resulting in Oberursel’s fire brigade being called to the scene. The road was fully closed for two hours until around 6.50pm.

Filed Under: Other News, Road accidents Tagged With: accident, Kanonenstrasse, L3004, Sandplacken