Three rescue helicopters in use after a serious accident in Oberndorf

Three rescue helicopters in use after a serious accident in Oberndorf

L5247, 3250 Oberndorf an der Melk, Österreich - On April 7, 2025, there was a serious traffic accident at the L5247 in Oberndorf an der Melk, Scheibbs district, Lower Austria at around 2:10 p.m. 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 from the Spittal district on the Drau, while the driver of the station wagon was a 46-year-old St. Pöltener. In the station wagon was a 24-year-old passenger, while the small truck also had two passengers aged 51 and 20. All injuries were flown to various hospitals with rescue helicopters, which presented the emergency services with a significant challenge.

The fire brigade was called to the scene of the accident to free the trapped drivers from the vehicles. The course of the accident has so far been unclear, since the combination driver got on the oncoming lane for unknown reasons and collided with the oncoming small truck. Due to the extensive rescue and salvage work, the L5247 to 4:30 p.m. was closed, and local diversion was set up to maintain the flow of traffic.

Current traffic situation in Lower Austria

This serious accident is part of a worrying trend on the streets of Lower Austria. In the past week, five traffic fatalities in the region were counted, which underlines the need for measures to improve traffic safety. The data for recording road traffic accidents with personal injury in Austria are regularly recorded by police organs and transmitted to statistics Austria. These statistical surveys serve to analyze and prevention future accidents.

In addition to the ongoing discussion about traffic safety, the commissioning of a modern parking hall in Baden-Leesdorf is celebrated on the same day. These developments and the "day of participation", which honors the works councils in Lower Austria, show that the region also progresses in other areas. Despite these positive steps, the concern for traffic safety remains particularly after such dramatic incidents as that in Oberndorf.

The current efforts of the local authorities to increase the security in road traffic are important for the continuous observation of the risk of accidents and to provide reliable data basis for accident research and prevention.

For detailed information about the incidents and the traffic situation in the region, you can report the reports on 5min.at meinzirk.at and statistik.at read.