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Tragic accident: farmer killed in tractor accident in Lower Austria!
Fatal tractor accident in Lower Austria: 67-year-old man dies in a fall, investigations are ongoing after the incident on April 19, 2025.
Tragic accident: farmer killed in tractor accident in Lower Austria!
On Friday evening, a tragic traffic accident occurred in Trattenbach, Lower Austria, in which a 67-year-old tractor driver from the Neunkirchen district was killed. The man was traveling on state road L 175 when his tractor left the road for unknown reasons and fell about 50 meters over a steep embankment. The driver was thrown out of the vehicle and trapped under the tractor, resulting in fatal injuries vienna.at reported.
The exact circumstances of the accident are still unclear, but police have launched an investigation. The tractor may have left the road due to driver error or technical problems. Rescuing the driver who had an accident was difficult because the tractor was in impassable terrain.
More tragic accidents in Lower Austria
The Thaya fire department, as well as the fire departments from Oberedlitz and Waidhofen/Thaya, were alerted and had to reach the scene of the accident on foot because it was in a difficult-to-access forest. The circumstances and causes of the fatal accident on March 4th are also currently being investigated.
General accident statistics in Austria
Recent accidents shed light on the dangers of road transport, particularly agricultural vehicles. According to the 2024 traffic accident balance, 349 people had fatal accidents on Austria's roads last year - a decrease of 13.2% compared to the previous year. In Lower Austria there were a total of 83 traffic deaths in 2024, which represents a significant decrease from the 100 deaths in 2023. Nevertheless, Lower Austria remained one of the most affected federal states in terms of traffic fatalities bmi.gv.at clarified.
One of the main causes of fatal traffic accidents remains carelessness, followed by improper driving speed and priority violations. These statistics demonstrate that despite an overall decline in road accidents, road safety remains an important challenge.