Jamal Musiala Faces Driving Ban After High-Speed Crash
Jamal Musiala has been handed a driving ban and fined after a high‑speed motorway crash that left two people injured and caused an estimated €200,000 in damage, capping a bruising spell on and off the pitch for the Bayern Munich star.
The incident dates back to April 13, 2025, on the A8 motorway towards Salzburg. Musiala, then 22, was at the wheel of an Audi RS e-tron GT, a powerful electric car capable of producing more than 600 horsepower. His younger sister was reportedly with him when the accident happened.
According to the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office, Musiala attempted an overtaking manoeuvre at excessive speed and failed to notice another vehicle.
“During an overtaking manoeuvre, the accused Jamal M., who was driving at excessive speed at the time, overlooked a car driving to his right, resulting in a collision,” spokesperson Florian Lindemann confirmed.
Court documents state that Musiala was travelling at 194 km/h in a section of road limited to 120 km/h.
The car he struck was a VW Golf carrying two passengers, a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. Both suffered minor injuries in the impact. Musiala, described as shocked in the aftermath, is understood to have gone straight to check on those in the other vehicle.
The financial cost of the crash has been put at around €200,000 in total property damage.
After an investigation, the Munich District Court issued a penal order against the Bayern midfielder. Lindemann explained that the court acted “on January 28, 2026, which has since become legally binding, against the accused Jamal M. for negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily injury in two cases.”
The punishment cuts in two directions: financial and administrative. Musiala faces a fine, but the heavier blow lands on his licence. His right to drive has been revoked.
His representatives have confirmed the incident and the outcome after the case, which had largely remained away from public attention, came to light.
The ban is not a brief one. Lindemann clarified that “a new driving licence may not be issued to Musiala before the expiry of nine months from the time the penal order became legally binding,” meaning the 23-year-old will not legally return to the road before the autumn.
For a player already wrestling with the harshest injury spell of his career, the timing could hardly be worse.
Musiala’s 2025 campaign had already been derailed by a serious injury at the Club World Cup, where he suffered a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle – the most significant physical setback of his professional life so far. He fought his way back and returned to action in January, only to face another scare with an ankle problem in March.
On the pitch, he remains one of Bayern’s brightest talents and a central figure in their future plans. Off it, this case now stands as a stark reminder that the margins are just as thin away from the stadium floodlights as they are under them.
