Motorcycle accident on the B114: Two injuries after falling in Pölstal!

Motorcycle accident on the B114: Two injuries after falling in Pölstal!

On Thursday morning, a serious motorcycle accident occurred on the B114 at Pölstal, in which two people were seriously injured. As reported meinzirk.at, the 49-year-old driver from Upper Austria was on the road in St. Johann at Tauern, when he was in a confusing legal curve due to the wet road and felled not adapted.

The motorcyclist and his 43-year-old wife, who drove as a passenger, were thrown off the vehicle and crashed into a guiding rail. According to the first information, the driver suffered minor injuries while his wife was seriously injured. After the first aid with the emergency helicopter C17, she had to be flown to the LKH Murtal in Judenburg. The husband was also taken to the same hospital by the Red Cross.

rescue operation and traffic situation

The rescue helicopter was used on the federal road B114, which led to the fact that the affected section of the route was only difficult for about an hour, such as regionaljournal.at. The accident occurred during an exit on a holiday, which also put on the situation.

accidents like this throw a light on the general traffic safety situation and the need to rethink driving behavior, especially when the weather conditions are changing. The collection and evaluation of accident statistics are crucial for future measures in the area of ​​traffic safety. According to Destatis.de, such statistics serve to obtain reliable, current and comparable data for the accident.

In the statistics, changes in the accident and their causes are documented, which can gain knowledge for legislation, traffic education and road construction planning. This is particularly important to increase road traffic safety in the long term and to prevent serious accidents such as that in Pölstal.