Serious accident on the high wall: handlebar clamped into the car!

Serious accident on the high wall: handlebar clamped into the car!

On May 1, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on the L4072 in the forest between Maiersdorf and Zweiersdorf in the municipality of Hohe Wand, Wiener Neustadt district. A passenger car came off the road, got on the left banquet and crashed head -on against a tree. The impact was so violent that the vehicle thrown back after the collision and finally came to a standstill on the right side of the road, such as EU-Parliament , thousands of people in the European Union lose their lives or are seriously injured in the European Union. The latest statistics show that between 2010 and 2020 the number of road traffic fats in Europe could be reduced by 36 percent.

In 2019 there were 22,800 traffic fatalities across Europe, while the number could be reduced by 4,000 in 2020. However, these falling figures are not distributed to all Member States, and preliminary surveys show that the number of fatalities is at a record low in 18 EU member states.

statistics on traffic safety

Sweden has the safest rate of 85 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants in 2020 in 2020 with 18 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants. The EU average was 42 traffic fatalities per 1 million inhabitants, while the worldwide average is over 180.

It is particularly worrying that 12 percent of the racing deads were between 18 and 24 years old in 2018, although this age group is only 8 percent of the population. The proportion of younger traffic fatalities in this group has dropped by 43 percent since 2010, which is a positive development. In contrast, the proportion of over 65-year-olds for the racing dead rose from 22 percent in 2010 to 28 percent in 2018.

The accident in Hohe Wand is a strong example of how quickly life can change on the streets and again sets a sign of the need for traffic safety and continuous educational work.