Ten Traffic Fatalities on Austria's Roads in the Past Week

In the past week, three motorcyclists, three car drivers, two e-bike riders, one pedestrian, and one passenger in a car died in nine traffic accidents.

Two Traffic Fatalities in Serious Accident in Upper Austria

On Monday, August 11, a serious traffic accident occurred in the district of Wels-Land, Upper Austria, in which two car drivers lost their lives. On a straight section of the state road B, two oncoming vehicles collided head-on for reasons still unknown. In the collision, both drivers and a passenger in the cars were trapped. A 45-year-old and a 71-year-old driver died at the scene of the accident. The seriously injured passenger was freed from the wreckage and then airlifted to the hospital. The state road B remained completely closed for almost six hours during the accident investigation and recovery. Over the weekend, two of the total ten deceased traffic participants had accidents.

Accidents on State Roads Claimed Five Traffic Fatalities Last Week

Last week, five people lost their lives on state roads B, four on municipal roads, and one on a state road L. In Upper Austria, there were five traffic fatalities, in Carinthia there were two, and one each was recorded in Burgenland, Lower Austria, and Tyrol. The suspected main causes of the accidents were in two cases each inappropriate speed, inattention or distraction, and a right-of-way violation, and in one case each a pedestrian's misconduct and the disregard of rules/prohibitions. The cause of one fatal accident has not yet been determined. Three of the fatal accidents were single-vehicle accidents, and three of the deceased were foreign nationals.

(Red)

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