Frontal crash near Weiz: Lenker (33) ends up in the field!

Frontal crash near Weiz: Lenker (33) ends up in the field!

A serious traffic accident occurred on Monday morning, June 16, 2025, around 10:10 a.m. on the B72 between Greith and Mitterdorf in the Weiz district, Styria. A 33-year-old driver obviously lost control of her vehicle, which ended in a dramatic frontal crash. As reported 5min.at, the car came off the road and hurled over a length of about 80 meters before it crashed into a water passage and came to a standstill in an adjacent field.

The young woman was injured and had to be first looked after by the emergency services of the Red Cross before being brought to the LKH Graz. In addition to the emergency services, the fire brigades Weiz and Hohenkogel were also deployed at the scene of the accident. The traffic on the B72 was not burdened by further reports at the time of the accident, such as Stau.info.

The situation in road traffic

In general, security on Austria's streets is an important topic. According to Statistics Austria, road traffic accidents with personal damage are continuously recorded. This data not only helps with accident research, but also with the development of prevention strategies. Accidents are recorded by police organs and the results are published quarterly and annually.

accidents like that on the B72 show the dangers lurking in road traffic. Every year hundreds of such incidents happen in Austria, which should sharpen the awareness of security and caution in road traffic. The current accident is a sad proof of how quickly an everyday trip can become an accident.

According to the previous information, the exact causes of the accident are still unclear. It is to be hoped that the driver can quickly recover and that such serious accidents can be avoided on our streets in the future.