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Serious accident on the A10: Three injured near Weißenstein!
Three people were injured in an accident on the A10 near Weißenstein on May 27, 2025. Rescue workers and fire brigade on duty.
Serious accident on the A10: Three injured near Weißenstein!
On May 27, 2025, at 1:50 p.m., a serious traffic accident occurred on the A10 Tauernautobahn, in the municipality of Weißenstein, towards Salzburg. As klick-kaernten.at reports, a 57-year-old driver from the Spittal an der Drau district lost control of her car. As a result, the vehicle ended up on the shoulder and slid along the embankment before it collapsed on its wheels, badly damaged There was a standstill.
There were three people in the car when the accident occurred. The driver's 95-year-old mother sat in the passenger seat, while a 66-year-old Croatian national sat in the back seat. Both occupants were seriously injured and had to be freed from the vehicle. One of the injured women was taken to the Villach regional hospital with the RK1 rescue helicopter. The driver herself only suffered minor injuries and was able to free herself from the car.
Rescue workers on duty
The emergency services, including the volunteer fire brigades from Feistritz/Drau, Töplitz and HFW Villach, were quickly on site and used rescue shears to rescue the injured. A total of 55 emergency services were involved in dealing with the accident. Due to the incident, the Kroislerwand tunnel was closed for around one and a half hours, leading to traffic delays in the region. The driver's alcohol test came back negative, suggesting a possible technical cause for the accident.
The incident happened shortly after the Kroislerwand tunnel in the direction of Salzburg, as 5min.at also states. On this Tuesday afternoon, the police had to regulate traffic to support the emergency services and avoid further danger.
Road safety in Europe
This tragic situation sheds light on overall road safety in Europe. Every year, thousands of people lose their lives or are seriously injured in traffic accidents. Although the number of road deaths in the EU has been falling in recent years, there were still 22,800 road deaths in 2019. According to Europarl.europa.eu, preliminary figures show that 18 EU member states have recorded record low fatalities. However, it is unclear how the pandemic-related traffic declines will affect accident numbers.
For example, Sweden has the safest roads with only 18 traffic deaths per 1 million inhabitants, while Romania reported the highest rate in 2020 with 85 traffic deaths per 1 million inhabitants. These statistics illustrate how important it is to continue working to improve road safety in order to avoid tragic accidents like those in Weißenstein.