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Driving instructor seriously injured after an accident in driving safety training!
Accident during driving safety training in Wiesing: driving instructor injured, learner students through no fault of their own. Important security information.
Driving instructor seriously injured after an accident in driving safety training!
On Friday afternoon there was an unfortunate accident in a driving technology center in Wiesing during driving safety training. Around 4:10 p.m., a 20-year-old learner drivers overlooked his driving instructor, who is 57 years old while he was driving backwards. As a result, the driving instructor fell to the ground and suffered serious injuries in the form of an ankle break. He was immediately transported by the emergency services to the Schwaz district hospital. According to the police, the incident is classified as an unfortunate mishap, whereby no guilt was determined by the learner driver.
Driving safety training has been mandatory for the B driver's license since the introduction of multi-phase training in Austria. These training courses take place on specially equipped systems, which include large shelters and computer -controlled water hazards. In order to ensure quality and security, a maximum of twelve participants are approved per training, whereby each learner driver is driving under the guidance of professional instructors. Accidents of work that occur during driving training fall under the statutory accident insurance.
Statistical insights
The statutory accident insurance for the traffic management, post-logistics and telecommunications is borne by BG Verkehr. According to your data, 1,633,490 employees are insured in 180,266 companies, with over 70% of these member companies being small businesses. In 2024 there were a total of 74,142 reporting accidents, of which 66,563 accidents of work and 7,579 were accidents. The number of fatal accidents fell to 73 this year.
In the area of prevention, BG Verkehr donated 52.7 million euros to measures to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases. In 2024, 494 occupational diseases were recognized, with skin cancer due to UV radiation as the most common case (272 cases) and noise hearing loss (96 cases).
Occupational health and health protection
The report of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Occupational Medicine (BauA) offers a comprehensive overview of the state of occupational health and health protection in Germany. He deals with topics such as accidents at work, occupational diseases, working conditions and times as well as the activities of state occupational safety supervision. These reports are important in order to continuously monitor the number of accidents of work and to develop preventive measures. The information from the report is published annually and can help to improve security at work.
The renewed accident in the driving technology center throws a light on the need to consolidate security measures in training. In view of the statistically recorded accidents, the continuous analysis and improvement of processes and structures remains indispensable.
For more information on this topic, the reports on Kosmo, BG Verkehr and and Baua.