Serious traffic accident in Alberndorf: two 16-year-olds injured!

Serious traffic accident in Alberndorf: two 16-year-olds injured!

On Sunday evening, July 21, 2025, there was a serious traffic accident in Alberndorf, Upper Austria, in which two 16-year-old moped drivers were injured. The accident occurred around 10 p.m. when a 35-year-old driver wanted to turn from Gusentalstrasse to L1467 Alberndorfer Straße and overlooked the approaching moped. The two moped drivers were on the way from Alberndorf to Gallneukirchen.

One of the drivers suffered serious injuries and was admitted to the Linz accident hospital. Her passenger wore minor injuries and was also treated in the UKH Linz. This incident again makes a highlight of traffic safety, especially with regard to the increasing accidents in road traffic.

Current traffic accident balance

According to the Interior Ministry, a total of 349 people died on Austria's streets in 2024, which means a decline of 13.2 % compared to 2023 when 402 people died. Nevertheless, the topic of traffic safety remains of great importance, especially since the main causes of fatal traffic accidents are often lawn, carelessness and priority violations.

The numbers show that 2024 has been reached the lowest number of road fatalities since 2020, with a total number of 344 people. In a long -term comparison, this has been the second lowest number of victims since the beginning of the records in the Ministry of the Interior in 1950. In 1972, on the other hand, the most traffic fatalities were recorded with 2,948 deaths.

traffic participation and the cause of the accident

In 2024, different road users were involved in accidents:

The most common causes of accidents were carelessness or distraction, which were responsible for 33.1 % of the accidents, followed by unsuitable driving speed at 23.6 % and priority violations with 13.5 %. However, there were also declines in various causes of the accident, while climbs were found in the event of an alcohol and drug influence and carelessness.

The serious accident in Alberndorf illustrates how important it remains to improve traffic safety and sharpen the attention of the drivers. Citizens are called to pay more attention to their surroundings in order to avoid such tragic incidents in the future.

For more information about the traffic accident balance in Austria, you can find the complete reports on 5min.at and bmi.gv.at view.