Jamal Musiala Receives Driving Ban After High-Speed Crash

Jamal Musiala has been handed a driving ban after a high‑speed crash on the A8 motorway that underlines how turbulent the last year has become for one of Bayern Munich’s brightest talents.

High-speed mistake on the A8

The incident dates back to April 13, 2025. Musiala was driving an Audi RS e-tron GT on the A8 in the direction of Salzburg, a car built for speed and more than capable of it – over 600 horsepower under his right foot. On that day, he used too much of it.

According to the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office, the Bayern midfielder attempted an overtaking manoeuvre at excessive speed and failed to notice a car to his right. At the moment of impact, Musiala was travelling at 194 km/h in a section limited to 120 km/h.

The collision involved a VW Golf with two occupants, a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. Both suffered minor injuries. Musiala, reportedly travelling with his younger sister, was left visibly shocked and immediately went to check on the other car’s passengers. Property damage from the crash is estimated at around €200,000.

Penal order and driving ban

The case moved quietly through the legal system before surfacing in public. On January 28, 2026, the Munich District Court issued a penal order against the 23-year-old. Spokesperson Florian Lindemann confirmed that Musiala was found guilty of negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily injury in two cases.

The consequences bite on two fronts: financially and administratively. A fine has been imposed, but the heavier blow is the loss of his driving licence. Musiala’s representatives have acknowledged the incident and the outcome, which had remained largely under the radar until now.

Lindemann also set out the timeline for any return to the road. A new driving licence cannot be issued to Musiala until at least nine months after the penal order became legally binding. That pushes any comeback behind the wheel into the autumn.

Another setback in a bruising year

For Musiala, the ruling lands in the middle of an already punishing period. His 2025 campaign was shredded by a serious injury at the Club World Cup, where he suffered a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle – the most severe injury of his professional career so far.

He fought his way back and returned to action in January, only to feel another jolt in March with a fresh ankle scare. Now comes a legal sanction that removes another layer of normality from a 23-year-old trying to re-establish rhythm on and off the pitch.

The football will go on. The question is how quickly one of Europe’s most gifted playmakers can turn a year of crashes, crutches and court orders into a line of his story rather than its defining chapter.