Last year, 414 people died in traffic accidents in Austria

There were fewer traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities on Austrian roads in 2017. According to Statistics Austria, 47,258 people were injured and 414 were killed in 37,402 accidents l & # 39, previous year. The number of road fatalities decreased by 4.2% compared to 2016. This is the lowest since the introduction of accident statistics in 1961.

On average, the number of deaths on the roads has decreased the previous year, there were 102 accidents per day with 129 injuries. Every 21 hours, there was a dead man. Of the 100 injured, 56 were men and 44 were women, but the majority of deaths were caused by road traffic crashes: three-quarters (310) of the deaths were men, one-quarter (104) were women. The negative peak was recorded by the 20 to 54 year olds, in the age group of 100 killed, there were even 82 men.

Fewer deaths than in 2016 were recorded in Lower Austria (93, minus 19), Tyrol (29, minus 16), Upper Austria (82, minus eight) and Carinthia (30). , minus three). The majority of accidents (63%) occurred on the region's roads and caused about a quarter of all fatalities. On the other hand, 74% of all road accidents are attributable to 37% of accidents on open roads – and therefore to higher speeds.

More deaths on highways

On highways, 2,093 accidents are about the same However, with 50 deaths (plus 15 against 2016), the highest number since 2012 has been recorded. The most serious accident of the year occurred in September 2017 on the Vienna ring road (A21) and made five deaths.

146 people – more than a third of deaths on the road – were killed in workplace accidents. According to the police, the main causes of the accident were excessive speed, negligence or distraction. They accounted for 27% of all bodily injuries. It is mainly accidents resulting from the departure of a lane, where the impact on solid objects such as trees, lampposts or bridge foundations increases the gravity of the l & # 39; 39; accident. More than a third of fatal accidents at one time occurred during the night between 9 pm and 6 am. In comparison, frontal collisions with two or more vehicles resulted in almost 100 casualties.

Every 16th accident was an alcohol accident

182 of all deaths on the road were occupants, the lowest since 161. 20 83 people) were motorcyclists, 18% (73 people) pedestrians, 8% of cyclists (32 people) and 3% of moped riders (13 people). Every 16th accident was an alcohol accident. Drivers and pedestrians were involved in 2,291 accidents, or 5.4% less than in 2016. The number of people injured in these accidents dropped by 6.4% to 2,932. was recorded in 33 deaths due to alcohol, 11 more than in 2016. The number of accidents involving children under 14 remained virtually unchanged at 2,568 in 2017, injuring 2,780 children and the year before there were seven deaths.

Heuer died on July 8 on the roads of Austria 204 people. In the same period of 2017, there were still 182 road deaths in 2016.