Police starts hard: Travel to Easter safely!

Police starts hard: Travel to Easter safely!

Österreich - In Austria, the Easter holidays are characterized by increased police controls. The police conduct extensive focus campaigns until Tuesday, April 22, 2025 to monitor Easter travel traffic. The aim of these actions is to ensure the safety of road users and to check compliance with the traffic rules. This information was published by [5min.at] (https://www.5min.at/5202504201124/Schwerpunktabungen-bis-diensag-polizei-greift-zu-ostern-hart-

The controls are nationwide, whereby the monitoring is expanded to transit and main traffic routes as well as in local transport and on less frequented roads. The police are planning to include popular excursion routes for motorcyclists, depending on the weather. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner emphasizes the importance of protecting the control complaints and the consistent punishment of traffic violations.

control focuses and emergency services

The focus of the controls includes compliance with the top speed, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the security obligations such as lying down seat belts and compliance with safety distances when they are followed. In addition, the mobile phone ban at the wheel is strictly monitored, with the exception of the use of hands -free facilities.

Significant resources were mobilized for the implementation of the controls: 2,500 emergency vehicles, 400 motorcycles and 100 civil strips with video shopping equipment are in use, accompanied by numerous measuring devices for speed, distance, alcohol and drugs. The police look back on a stressful balance: On the Easter weekend in 2024, there were 278 accidents with personal injury, in which 329 people were injured and five people were killed.

numbers and statistics

These worrying statistics underline the urgency of the measures. Different traffic accidents were recorded in previous years, with eight deaths in 2019 the highest number of victims since 1976. As part of the 2024 police balance sheet, 53,180 speed offenders were stopped, 303 advertisements were pronounced for alcoholization and 76 drug drivers were pulled out of circulation.

The traffic accident statistics also show that Austria has recorded a significant increase in speed violations in recent years. In 2022, over 6 million speed violations were registered, which represents an increase of 19.7 % compared to the previous year. The police also carried out more than 1.76 million alcohol controls, which underlines the need for traffic safety. There was also an increase in the displays for driving under drug influence and disregarding safety distances.

tips for safe driving

In order to improve safety on road traffic, the Ministry of the Interior gives important tips: Drivers should adapt their speed to road, transport and visibility, drive forward and checked and keep sufficient distance from the in front. It is also recommended to drive only in a roadworthy state and to carry out safety precautions such as technical checks for moped and motorcycle drivers. These measures are intended to help reduce the number of traffic accidents and ultimately to save lives.

Consistent surveillance and the dialogue about safe driving could help to improve the sometimes worrying statistics in the coming years, as can be seen from the results for the past few years that indicate a hesitant improvement in traffic safety.