Most people drowned in lakes and rivers. Compared to 2021, the number of bathing deaths has increased. From the point of view of the DLRG, there is one reason above all.
Bad Nenndorf – At least 355 people drowned in Germany in 2022 – 56 more than the year before. The German Life Saving Society (DLRG) announced this today in Bad Nenndorf. “For the first time in four years, we have recorded an increase in fatal accidents in the water,” said the president of the organization, Ute Vogt. The association has presented the figures annually since 2000 to draw attention to dangers.
Compared to the previous year, the number of fatal swimming accidents increased by almost 19 percent, as the DLRG announced. One reason: “During the long, warm summer without any significant corona-related restrictions, people went swimming again in mostly unguarded lakes and rivers,” said Vogt. Overall, the number is still at a low level.
According to the information, most people drowned in lakes and rivers and during the bathing season from May to August. But the number of drowned people has also increased in swimming pools. In the North and Baltic Seas, the number of accidents fell. In 65 cases, lifeguards from the DLRG saved lives there. dpa
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