Road safety in Burgenland: record numbers and new measures 2024
Road safety in Burgenland: record numbers and new measures 2024
In 2024, massive progress in traffic safety was made in Burgenland, as State Councilor Heinrich Dorner and State Police Director Martin Huber announced at a press conference. Since the state -owned radar monitoring was introduced in 2020, the speed of a total of 6.6 million vehicles has been measured. This monitoring resulted in 93,756 advertisements due to speed violations, which corresponds to 1.43 percent of the vehicles checked. The statistical data show that these measures effectively contribute to reducing traffic accidents. It is particularly noteworthy that in 2024 there were eight pedestrian accidents without deaths, which, according to the head of the state transport department, Andreas Stipsits, is due to the introduction of km/h in towns, so burgenland.at .results of traffic controls and measures
In addition to the speed controls, the authorities implement preventive measures such as traffic education in schools and media campaigns. The police contact hours were registered with over 198,000 advertisements in the area of traffic, 16,000 of which were directed against alcohol and drug abuse. This shows the serious efforts of the police in Burgenland to increase the safety in road traffic and to hold dangerous road users responsible. However, there was also talk of an increase in traffic accidents with the influence of alcohol in 2023 - more than 900 advertisements were recorded in this context. The maintenance of these security measures is crucial in order to continue the positive development in the future and to ensure that Burgenland remains one of the safest federal states, so meinzirk.at .The Burgenland remains a pioneer in security statistics, despite a slight increase in the police notices in 2023. A total of 13,575 advertisements were filed, and the clearance rate is 45 percent, which is very good compared to other Austrian federal states. The increase in cybercrime, an area that the authorities will continue to tackle intensively remains particularly challenging. The positive security balance and the extensive measures for traffic control show the tireless use of the police and the responsible authorities in Burgenland for a safe environment that affects both traffic and general security.
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