Brake failure in Tyrol: Family injured in horror accident!

Brake failure in Tyrol: Family injured in horror accident!

On July 12, 2025, around 6:45 p.m. on a forest path above Umhausen in the Imst district, Tyrol, a serious traffic accident. A 49-year-old Austrian who was traveling with his family experienced a sudden braking failure when he drove down from the Erlangen hut. The vehicle was occupied with his 46-year-old wife, his 76-year-old mother and 76-year-old father.

When the driver wanted to brake about 200 meters before a curve, the brakes unexpectedly lost their effect. He tried to take the car to a standstill on the right side of the road, but had no control and got outside the edge of the road. The car grazed trees and came to a standstill across the forest path.

injured and rescue use

The driver's father was probably seriously injured and had to be flown to the Innsbruck State Hospital by a emergency helicopter. The driver's wife and mother of the driver suffered injuries to an indefinite degree and were taken to Zam's hospital. The driver himself remained unharmed.

In deploy, among other things, an emergency helicopter, the emergency services and the Umhausen volunteer fire brigade were with three vehicles and 23 emergency services, supplemented by the Umhausen mountain rescue. Investigations showed that the driver received an email from the vehicle manufacturer just about two weeks ago, which pointed out the possible braking failure and recommended a control in a contract workshop. However, this request remained unnoticed.

connection with further accidents

As reported in an incident on the same day in Gries in the Sellraintal, where a 60-year-old Czech truck driver also had to deal with brake failure, traffic accidents are still a serious problem due to technical defects. In this case, after the brakes failed, the truck tipped against two street lamps and finally remains in the adjacent field. The driver was able to free himself and remained unharmed, but considerable damage to property was caused.

Based on these accidents, it becomes clear that technical defects are a common cause of accidents. According to the surveys of the Federal Statistical Office, numerous accidents are favored by infrastructural and technical deficits. The recording of accident statistics serves to take long -term measures in legislation, traffic education and vehicle technology in order to increase safety in road traffic. These measures are necessary in order to avoid similar accidents in the future and to improve traffic safety as well as the Statistics on traffic safety .

The accident in Umhausen and the associated injuries underline the need to take safety instructions from vehicle manufacturers seriously and to carry out technical controls in order to overcome the risk.

Several incidents, such as the accidents mentioned and the causes behind it, show that security on our streets is a challenging task and the technology plays a crucial role.