Three rescue helicopters in action after a serious accident in Oberndorf

Three rescue helicopters in action after a serious accident in Oberndorf

On April 7, 2025, at around 2:10 p.m. there was a serious traffic accident on the L5247 in Oberndorf an der Melk, Scheibbs district, Lower Austria. Five people were injured in a frontal crash between a small truck and a station wagon, including two drivers and their passengers. The driver of the small truck was a 23-year-old Carinthian woman from the Spittal an der Drau district, while the driver of the station wagon was a 46-year-old from St. Pölten. There was a 24-year-old passenger in the station wagon, while the small truck also had two passengers aged 51 and 20. All of the injured were flown to various hospitals in rescue helicopters, which presented the emergency services with a significant challenge.

The fire department was called to the scene of the accident to free the trapped drivers from the vehicles. The course of the accident is still unclear because the station wagon driver crossed into the oncoming lane for unknown reasons and collided with the oncoming small truck. Due to the extensive rescue and recovery work, the L5247 was closed until 4:30 p.m. and a local diversion was put in place to maintain traffic flow.

Current traffic situation in Lower Austria

This serious accident is part of a worrying trend on the roads of Lower Austria. Five road deaths were recorded in the region last week, highlighting the need for measures to improve road safety. The data for recording road traffic accidents with personal injuries in Austria is regularly collected by police authorities and transmitted to Statistics Austria. These statistical surveys are used to analyze and prevent future accidents.

In addition to the ongoing discussion about traffic safety, the commissioning of a modern storage shed in Baden-Leesdorf will be celebrated on the same day. These developments and the “Day of Co-determination”, which honors the works councils in Lower Austria, show that the region is also making progress in other areas. Despite these positive steps, concerns about road safety remain, especially after dramatic incidents like the one in Oberndorf.

The current efforts of local authorities to increase road safety are important for the continuous monitoring of the risk of accidents and for providing reliable data for accident research and prevention.

For detailed information about the incidents and the traffic situation in the region, you can access the reports 5min.at, meinkreis.at and statistic.at read up.