Traffic chaos in Tyrol: More and more pedestrians are being sacrificed!

Traffic chaos in Tyrol: More and more pedestrians are being sacrificed!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Last week, seven tragic traffic accidents occurred in Austria, in which a total of eight people lost their lives. The victims include four car drivers, three pedestrians and a truck driver. A serious accident on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, in the Schwaz district in Tyrol, in which two pedestrians, a 60-year-old and a 59-year-old, was recorded by a pedestrian crossing from a run-in train. Despite immediate first aid measures, both died at the scene of the accident. The other accidents occurred on various streets across Austria, with two of the deaths in Tyrol and one in Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Carinthia, Burgenland, Vorarlberg and Vienna, as was to be complained about, such as Apa-OTS reported.

alarming statistics

The statistics for 2025 already show a worrying number of 29 traffic fatalities in the first weeks of the year, while it was 26 in the same period 2024. In a nationwide comparison, it turns out that carelessness and distraction were named as the main causes of accidents. Two accidents were sole accidents, and in one case the car driver did not wear a seat belt. The security situation on the streets is questionable, which also illustrates the latest development in Berlin, where three older pedestrians were already killed in traffic accidents in January. These are three elderly seniors, all of whom were on foot in road traffic. An expert warns of a dangerous trend in the capital: In 2023, 56 traffic fatalities were registered in Berlin, which is a scary increase compared to previous years, so Berlin> Berlin> Live .

The board of the Feuvereitenverband Feuverkehr Germany, Roland Stimpel, makes it clear that adapting traffic to people's needs is overdue and demands changes to increase safety in road traffic. He speaks for more crosswalks, middle islands and Tempo 30 zones at crossings with pedestrian traffic to prevent future accidents.