Traffic chaos in Vienna: worries about increasing number of accidents 2024!

Traffic chaos in Vienna: worries about increasing number of accidents 2024!

Wieden, Österreich - Road traffic in Vienna is like a large tangle of streets and paths, but the latest statistics show that it will be pretty tight here. The current accident balance of the Verkehrsclub Austria (VCÖ) for 2024 has provided worrying results. With 20 traffic fats and 6,703, 646 seriously injured, a dramatic increase is shown compared to 2023, when 12 people were lost in traffic accidents and 559 were seriously injured. This reports meinzirk.at .

In recent years, the districts had tried to achieve the “zero traffic death” target mark, but only 8 out of 23 districts were able to implement this in 2024. The lucky ones are the inner city, Wieden, new building, Josefstadt, Alsergrund, Hietzing, Währing and Liesing. In contrast, Margareten had to record a tragic incident in which a passenger lost his life on September 23, 2024.

frenzy and traffic safety

The VCÖ makes it unequivocally clear that measures against frenzy are urgently needed. Katharina Jaschinsky, expert of the VCÖ, emphasizes how important a calm and safe traffic is for everyone, especially for children and the elderly. The proposed measures include lower speed limits, encounter zones, clearly visible intersections and wide sidewalks. Today's traffic situation requires quick action and a good hand of the urban planners to get the accident under control.

This is not just a local problem, because the situation is also rather worrying at the national level. According to the figures of the VCÖ, there were 349 traffic fatalities throughout Austria in 2024 - a decline compared to 402 in 2023, but the target of less than 312 road deads by 2020 was clearly missed. For 2030 you will at least strive for a halving of the traffic fatalities to get under 207. These statistics are worried, especially since some federal states perform far worse than others, like Lower Austria with 83 ride in 2024, while Vorarlberg recorded the lowest number with only 7 dead. More on this can be found on vcoe.

The VCÖ identifies distraction, carelessness and non -adapted speed as the main causes for most accidents. It is emphasized that telephone calls in particular increase the risk of accidents massively, as well as the need for an improvement in public transport offer to make the streets safer. A well -developed network of cycle paths is also important to ensure the safety of cyclists. These aspects are crucial to increase traffic safety as a whole, such as the data from statistik.at clarify.