Shock on the B320: Three injured after frontal collision!

Shock on the B320: Three injured after frontal collision!

on Saturday morning, July 12, 2025, there was a dramatic traffic accident in the district of Liezen. At 7:15 a.m., a frontal collision between two cars on Ennstal Straße (B320), near the access to the valley station of the Hauser Kaibling trains, occurred. The 22-year-old driver from the St. Johann district of Pongau, her 19-year-old brother, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was traveling in the direction of Salzburg when she got on the opposite lane due to the cause. This led to a collision with an oncoming vehicle that was controlled by a 45-year-old man from the Liezen district.

The consequences of the impact were devastating: the 45-year-old's car was thrown through the impact of the impact over the jungle of the road and came to a standstill about ten meters. A total of three people suffered injuries in the accident. While the Pongauer and her brother wore indefinite injuries and both were admitted to the DKH Schladming, the driver from Liezen was seriously injured and also had to be taken to the hospital.

rescue operations and road conditions

The young passenger was transported to the UKH Salzburg by rescue helicopter C-14, where he is treated for his serious injuries. Total damage occurred on both vehicles involved. The B320 was closed to traffic from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. to enable the rescue of the vehicles and the cleanup. The Haus im Ennstal police inspection asks for possible testimony in this context and has set up a contact telephone number: 059133/6353.

The scope of such accidents is not only considered locally, but also on a wider social level. According to Destatis , traffic accident statistics are an indispensable tool for analyzing the traffic safety situation in Austria and beyond. The data collected not only serve to improve security on the streets, but also help to adapt laws and traffic education in a targeted manner and to advance road construction.

traffic safety in focus

Statistics on traffic accidents, as can be seen on Eurostat , form the basis for state transport policy and are decisive for the development of infrastructure and traffic safety. They include all accidents with personal and property damage and show the dependencies between different accident-determining factors. The goal is to better understand the structures of the accident and take measures based on them.