Shock accident in Hermagor: Car hurls against bridge - driver injured!

Shock accident in Hermagor: Car hurls against bridge - driver injured!

Hermagor, Österreich - On May 29, 2025, a serious traffic accident occurred on a street in Hermagor at around 10:20 a.m. A 54-year-old car driver who lost control of his vehicle in an unknown way came onto the oncoming lane. In an evasive maneuver, he was able to avoid an oncoming car, but there was a frontal impact against a bridge railing. The vehicle was thrown to the side by the impact and came to a standstill in the inclination in street embankment.

The 54-year-old suffered injuries to an undefined degree and was brought to the LKH Villach by the emergency services. The general property damage to his vehicle and the bridge railing is considerable, the exact amount of damage is still determined. The police have investigated the cause of the accident. According to the first reports, the exact cause of the loss of control remains unclear, which is often the case with such accidents.

injured in another accident in East Tyrol

While in parallel to this incident in Hermagor, another serious accident in East Tyrol happened. Here a 31-year-old driver from the Netherlands was on Rattendorfer Straße (L 22) when his car came off the road and overturned several times. He and his three passengers, who also come from the Netherlands, suffered injuries to an indefinite degree. After the emergency medical care, everyone was transported to the LKH Villach.

Die Region ist laut Kleine Zeitung häufig von Verkehrsvorfällen betroffen, was in einem breiteren Kontext bedenklich ist. All over the EU, thousands of people lost their lives or suffered serious injuries every year in traffic accidents. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of traffic fatalities in Europe dropped by 36 percent, but traffic safety remains a serious topic.

statistics on traffic safety

In order to illustrate the dimension of the problem, an analysis of [EU Parliament] (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/DE/20190410STO3615/ VERFORIATIONSTIKEN-IN-DER-EU-Infographik) shows that around 22,800 people in traffic accidents in 2019 Came life. This number fell by 4,000 in 2020, which reflects the pandeme -related decline in traffic. It is striking that the highest proportion of traffic fatalities in the age group between the ages of 18 and 24 and over 65 year olds.

The statistics show that men (76 percent) in particular are overrepresented among the road fatalities - a pattern that has been observed across Europe for years. Nevertheless, there has been progress in increasing traffic safety in recent years, but the current accidents in the region are reminiscent of the fact that vigilance and prevention are still necessary.