This biographical sketch on Prof. Harald Tscherne corresponds to the historic text, The Classic: Der Straßenunfall [Traffic Accidents]. Wien Med Wochenschr. 1966;116:105–108 (Translated by Dr. Roman Pfeifer), available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-013-3012-9.

This Classic Article is a translation of the original work by Prof. Harald Tscherne, Der Straßenunfall [Traffic Accidents]. An accompanying biographical sketch of Prof. Tscherne is available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-013-3011-x. An online version of the original German article is available as supplemental material. The Classic Article is reproduced with permission from Brüder Hollinek & Co. GesmbH, Purkersdorf, Austria. The original article was published in Wien Med Wochenschr. 1966;116:105–108. (Translated by Dr. Roman Pfeifer.)