Accidents within scope of pupil accident insurance 2024
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The term 'pupil' refers to children in schools, nursery schools and day-care facilities, pupils at general schools and vocational colleges, and students. By analogy, the term 'school' also refers to children's day-care centres and institutions of higher education.
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In the area of pupil accident insurance, any accident which results in treatment by a doctor is reportable. In 2024, 1,012,096 reportable accidents at school were recorded, representing an decrease of about 1,8 % from 56.7 to 55.7 per 1,000 students.
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New pensions resulting from accidents at school increased by 4.8 %, to 434. Thus the risk of a serious school accident increased from 0.023 to 0.024 per 1,000 students (+ 4.4 %).
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The number of reportable school commuting accidents sank by 5.4 % to 87,345 compared to the previous year. The risk of an accident on the way to or from school increased to a bit more than 5 per 1,000 students (+ 2 %). The number of new pensions resulting from school commuting accidents has remained unchanged (144 cases).
