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Deadly bathing accidents in Carinthia: Two people lose their lives!
Two fatal bathing accidents in Carinthia on June 16, 2025, affected people and security warnings for swimmers.
Deadly bathing accidents in Carinthia: Two people lose their lives!
On Sunday morning of June 16, 2025, the bathing pleasure for some tragic individual cases was on the brink on a summer weekend in Carinthia. The rescue workers kept two fatal bathing accidents in suspense. In the Flatschacher See near Feldkirchen, an 86-year-old woman was lifelessly recovered from the water. Another misfortune occurred in the St. Johann bathing lake in the Rosental, where the identity of a male victim could not yet be determined. These incidents are part of a worrying development that affects numerous water sports enthusiasts and swimmers, because the number of drowned people in Austria has risen sharply this year. [Kosmo.at] (https://www.kosmo.at/rettungenhubrauber-im- Einsatz-fass-fuer-zwei-menschen-tlich/) reports on an increase, while the Board of Trustees for Road Safety (KFV) published alarming numbers.
Compared to the previous year, the situation of water accidents deteriorated dramatically. By July 26, 2023, at least 32 people drowned in Austria, an increase of over 60 percent compared to the 19 drownings up to the same period of the previous year. According to the current statistics of the KFV, Upper Austria, Carinthia and Styria are the most affected federal states. In Upper Austria there were the highest number of drownings with seven deaths, followed by Carinthia with five and in Styria with at least four. There are also numerous bathing accidents in Burgenland, Tyrol and Vienna. [KFV] (https://www.kfv.at/ansge-der-badeunfaelle-schon-mind at the latest-32-mensemen-in-year-in-oesterreich-ertrunken/) indicates that the danger still exists and warns of increased caution.
bathing accidents and their causes
The reasons for this concern for this are diverse. In addition to the natural attraction of the water during the summer months, social factors also play a role. Dr. Johanna Trauner-Karner from the KFV draws attention to the fact that the elimination of swimming lessons during corona pandemic and lack of swimming skills lead to an increase in drowning accidents. According to the 2024 swimming study, around 134,000 children and adolescents between the ages of five and 19 are unable to swim, and another 93,000 have only very limited knowledge. In total, 227,000 young people in Austria are potentially drowning. Gesundheits.gv.at further explains that every fifth child is in danger in the event of a sudden fall.
In the leisure area, it also shows how much parents sometimes overestimate their children's swimming skills. In many cases, ignorant carelessness contributes to bathing accidents - be it due to inadequate supervision or by overvalating swimming skills. The KFV provides helpful recommendations for damage minimization, such as floating buoys to support, not to swim alone, as well as to pay attention to sufficiency in the supervision of children.
preventive measures
After all, it is important not only to refer to tragic incidents, but also to promote positive measures to increase security. Among other things, the KFV recommends expanding swimming courses and practical security offers to equip children with basic swimming skills. Swimming lessons in schools, which for many form the foundation of their swimming skills, is particularly importantA look at the current security situation in the water shows that awareness of the dangers of swimming and the danger must be considered through inadequate knowledge. Many hope that the number of bathing accidents will drop through targeted prevention measures in the course of summer and that tragic events, like those last Sunday, no longer occur.