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Dramatic accident on Villacher Alpenstraße: Car crashes 7 meters!
On June 20, 2025, a traffic accident occurred on Villacher Alpenstrasse, where a car fell several meters. The young driver and her passenger suffered minor injuries, while the other inmates were unharmed. The street was closed to rescue measures.
Dramatic accident on Villacher Alpenstraße: Car crashes 7 meters!
On Wednesday evening, the Villacher Alpenstrasse was closed after a traffic accident, in which a young driver lost control of her vehicle. The 17-year-old from the Villach-Land district probably caught in a left turn due to excessive speed, while she controlled several times, but this did not lead to stabilizing the vehicle. Her car came onto the road bank, damaged a guide and collided with an oncoming car that was driven by a 24-year-old man from Villach. Gailtal Journal reports that the young driver's vehicle then plunged about seven meters over a steep slope and got stuck on a tree.
There were three other inmates aged 17 and 15 in the car of the crashed driver. While the driver and her 17-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries, the two other inmates and the oncoming driver remained unharmed. Everyone involved was able to free themselves from the vehicles. The alcohol tests in both drivers were negative, so that alcohol -related causes could be excluded. The [5min.at] (https://www.5min.at/5202506190627/ Einsatz-jugendliche-verungluecken-auf-villacher-alpenstrasse/) informs that the fire brigade pulled the crashed car back onto the street with a winch of the tank fire fire brigade Judendorf.
Causes and consequences of the accident
The traffic accident again shows the dangers of speed overruns, especially in winding areas. According to Statista, around 2.5 million road traffic accidents occurred in Germany in 2023, with the most common causes of accidents with personal damage being insufficient distance and non -adapted speed. Statista emphasizes that 2023 traffic fatalities came to an EU average of 46 per million inhabitants, which increases the pressure on the Minister of Transport to ensure safe roads.
After the accident was taken up and the rescue work was carried out, Villacher Alpenstrasse was temporarily completely blocked. The main fire station Villach as well as the volunteer fire brigades Judendorf and Möltschach were deployed with a total of eight vehicles and 30 emergency services. It was ensured that no equipment could escape from the vehicle, which has excluded an environmental risk.
These events illustrate the importance of traffic safety and the responsibility of the drivers to adhere to the applicable speed limits in order to avoid such accidents. The incident on Villacher Alpenstraße goes into worrying statistics, while social efforts to improve traffic safety must be continuously continued.