Tragic traffic week: eight dead on Austria's streets!

Tragic traffic week: eight dead on Austria's streets!

A tragic week shaked Austria: Eight people died in traffic accidents in the period of only seven days. Four drivers, two passengers, a cyclist and a pedestrian count among the dead. The accident was particularly serious on November 25, 2024 in the Amstetten district, Lower Austria, when a 38-year-old driver got on oncoming traffic and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Both the driver and his 43-year-old passenger were trapped in their vehicle and died at the scene of the accident, such as 5min.at .

The accidents occurred on different types of streets: four on state roads B, two on state roads l and two more on community roads. The affected federal states are Lower Austria and Upper Austria, where two deaths were to be complained about, as well as one death in Vienna, Salzburg, Carinthia and Tyrol. The main causes for these devastating accidents often lie in carelessness and distraction, which were identified as trigger in three of the seven cases, while in further accidents priority violation and disregard for traffic rules played a role, such as the