Jamal Musiala Faces Driving Ban After High-Speed Crash

Jamal Musiala’s difficult year has taken another sharp turn, this time away from the pitch and onto the A8 motorway.

The Bayern Munich midfielder has received a driving ban and financial penalties after a high-speed collision near Salzburg on April 13, 2025, in which two people suffered minor injuries and property damage reached an estimated €200,000.

194 km/h in a 120 zone

Musiala was at the wheel of an Audi RS e-tron GT, a high-performance electric car capable of more than 600 horsepower, travelling towards Salzburg with his younger sister as a passenger. On a stretch of road limited to 120 km/h, he was clocked at 194 km/h.

The speed proved costly.

“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,” confirmed Florian Lindemann, spokesperson for the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office.

That car was a VW Golf carrying two people – a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. Both sustained minor injuries in the impact.

Musiala, reports say, was visibly shocked and immediately went to check on the occupants of the other vehicle.

Penal order and driving licence revoked

The investigation culminated in a penal order from the Munich District Court. On January 28, 2026, the court’s decision became legally binding.

Lindemann stated that the order was issued “against the accused Jamal M. for negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily injury in two cases.”

The consequences bite on two fronts. There is a financial penalty, but the more telling sanction is administrative: Musiala loses his licence.

He will be off the road for a significant spell. According to the prosecutor’s office, “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 he cannot legally drive again until the autumn.

His representatives have confirmed the incident after it had largely stayed out of public view for months.

Another setback in a bruising spell

For one of Europe’s most gifted young playmakers, the timing could hardly feel worse.

Musiala’s 2025 campaign had already been ripped apart by a serious injury at the Club World Cup, where he suffered a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle – the most severe physical blow of his career so far. He fought his way back and returned to action in January, only to be jolted again by a fresh ankle scare in March.

Now comes the legal fallout and a driving ban to go with it.

On the pitch, Bayern will still lean on his creativity and composure between the lines. Off it, the 23-year-old faces a different kind of learning curve, one played out not in front of a roaring Allianz Arena, but under the unforgiving glare of the law.