Vacationer from Italy at e-bike crash in Thal seriously injured

Vacationer from Italy at e-bike crash in Thal seriously injured

On June 24, 2025, a serious accident occurred on the DrauRadweg from Sillian to Lienz, in which a 55-year-old Italian was injured. The woman was part of a group of three Italian tourists who were traveling with borrowed e-bikes. According to Dolomitenstadt drove the injured woman as the last in the group and plunged around 2:35 p.m. on a slightly sloping section of the bike path in Thal.

In the fall, the woman suffered serious head injuries and lost consciousness. The 56-year-old man and a twelve-year-old girl who heard the accident immediately drove back and found the injured on the ground lying on the ground. The man immediately alerted the rescue workers who flew the woman with a rescue helicopter to the State Hospital Klagenfurt after the first aid, reported Kleine Zeitung .

increase in pedelec accidents

Accidents with pedelecs, as they took place on the Drau Cycle Path in the incident, increases in recent years. In 2023, 23,658 Pedelec users were accidentally accidentally accident, almost eleven times as many as in 2014, where there were only 2,223 crashed. The proportion of the accident who are older than 65 years has decreased while the proportion of younger ones has increased. This indicates an increased risk of serious injuries, especially for older drivers, according to the data of the Federal Statistical Office .

The statistics show that the number of pedelec accidents with personal injury from 2,200 in 2014 increased to 23,900 in 2023. The average age of the Pedelec denial is 53 years, which underlines the challenges and risks associated with this form of cycling.