A 69-year-old motorcyclist died after losing control in a sharp curve on a rural road between Baden-Baden and Gernsbach in western Germany on July 15. The woman veered off the road and struck a stone wall, was thrown roughly ten metres down an embankment, and died in hospital hours later. The cause of the crash remains unclear.
In Prague, a 17-year-old motorcyclist crashed into a guardrail on an exit ramp of the D6 motorway on the morning of July 16. The rider, born in 2009, suffered severe head injuries and multiple trauma. Resuscitation attempts failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
In Switzerland, a 15-year-old motorcyclist died in hospital on July 16 from injuries sustained five days earlier in Dübendorf, near Zurich. The teenager had been fleeing police at excessive speed through a 30 km/h zone when he collided with a car. Both the rider and his 16-year-old passenger were thrown from the motorcycle. The deceased faced pending charges including illegal racing, vehicle theft, and driving without a licence.