Traffic chaos in Austria: Record number of injured children in the event of accidents!

Traffic chaos in Austria: Record number of injured children in the event of accidents!

alarming figures from traffic safety: In the first three quarters of 2024, over 36,000 people in Austria were injured in road traffic accidents, an increase of 6 percent compared to the previous year. This is the highest number of injuries in the first three quarters since 2017. According to the statistics Austria, the number of injured or killed children has risen to the highest value of the past 15 years. The role of alcohol is particularly worrying: ten percent of all traffic fatalities had an accident due to the influence of alcohol, the highest value since 1992, as the general director of Statistics Austria, Tobias Thomas, explains. From January to September 2024, 2,476 children up to 14 years were injured, while four children lost their lives. An alarming increase of 40 percent was recorded in cycling and e-scooters.

alcohol accidents increasingly dangerous

of the 28 people who died in the first nine months in alcohol accidents were 12 alcoholized. Men are particularly affected: 85 percent of alcoholized drivers in traffic accidents are male and 73 percent showed a blood alcohol value of over 1 per mille. The number of injuries among e-scooter drivers has also risen dramatically: 1,670 people were injured and seven lost their lives, which corresponds to an increase of 34 percent compared to the previous year. A large part of these drivers, 16 percent, was alcoholic at the time of the accident.

The birth rates also show exciting trends: according to Allen's answer.de are born about 90 percent of all babies in a period of two weeks before or after the calculated date of birth. Last year July was the most birth -rich month, while February recorded very few newborns. Interestingly, male babies are born average somewhat earlier than their female siblings. Current statistics show that more than 10 percent of all births are considered to be premature births worldwide, a worrying trend that is also determined annually in Germany with around 45,000 premature births.