Collision at Moorstraße and Domänestraße
The woman was riding on Moorstraße at about 2:20 p.m. when she attempted to cross the intersection with Domänestraße. Police said she apparently failed to notice a car coming from her left that had the right of way.
The car was an Opel driven by a 49-year-old woman, who suffered shock. The pedelec rider was taken to a hospital.
According to the Polizeiinspektion Leer/Emden report cited by regionalHeute.de, the collision occurred on November 5, 2026. An estimate of the property damage was not yet available.
German cycling accident statistics
National data from the German Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, show that 462 cyclists died in road traffic in Germany in 2025, including 217 pedelec riders. People aged 65 or older accounted for 61.5% of cyclist deaths and 67.3% of pedelec deaths.
Of the 95,794 bicycle accidents involving personal injury that year, 66.5% involved a second road user. A car driver was the other party in 69.8% of those cases, or 44,463 accidents.
Destatis reported that cyclists were assigned primary responsibility in 28.6% of bicycle accidents involving personal injury and another party. For collisions with car drivers specifically, that share was 25.3%. Those national figures do not establish responsibility for the Westoverledingen collision, which remains under investigation.
