Brutal attack in Leutasch: hikers beat cyclists with a stick!

Brutal attack in Leutasch: hikers beat cyclists with a stick!

A 58-year-old German cyclist was attacked by an unknown hiker on Sunday morning, June 1, 2025, at the Katzkopf in Leutasch, Innsbruck-Land district. According to Oe24 was traveling with his mountain bike valley when he met on an uphill pair of hiking. After a verbal argument, the male hiker blocked the way and hit the cyclist in the face with a hiking stick.

The situation quickly escalated when the hiker also took the handlebar of the bicycle. The cyclist suffered injuries, but was able to successfully free himself from the situation and fled. The following day he filed a complaint with the police in Seefeld. The suspect is described as male, about 65 to 70 years old, slim and approx. 170 to 175 cm tall. He had gray, short hair, wore a shield cap and a brown -lined sunglasses. The 5min reports that the police are urgently looking for the perpetrator to identify. Information can be reported on 059133/7124.

background to conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians

The incident throws a shadow on the increasing conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians, who, according to a study of accident research by insurers (UDV), pose a growing problem. In 2022, over 720 people were seriously injured in collisions between these two groups, including 13 fatal accidents. Older pedestrians in particular are often affected and often suffer serious injuries, such as "https://www.udv.de/udv/presse/stress-auf-dem-hewweg-studie-belfahrer-und-fussgaengen-154810" Class = "Source_3"> udv.de .

UDV boss Siegfried Brockmann warns of an increase in such accidents in view of the increasing use of bicycle and an aging population. The study emphasizes that in most cases cyclists are considered a person who caused the accident. A quarter of the polluters even fled from the scene of the accident. These worrying statistics underline the need to sensitize both pedestrians and cyclists in order to increase safety in road traffic.