Motorcycle accident in Imst: Driver injured with spectacular Wheelie!

Motorcycle accident in Imst: Driver injured with spectacular Wheelie!

on Saturday evening, around 8:45 p.m., a spectacular accident occurred in Imst, Tyrol, which brought serious injuries to a 30-year-old motorcyclist from the region. In a dangerous “wheelie”, in which the front wheel of the motorcycle was raised, the driver lost control in front of a roundabout and fell on a traffic island, which led to a serious rollover. According to [Allgaeuer-zeitung.de] (https://www.allgaeuer-zeitung.de/oesterreich/unfall-imst-tirol-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sbr are drivers-bonefighter-11110385431), the injured person was immediately looked after by an accident, the emergency call was made.

The emergency services were quickly on site and took over the first aid of the motorcyclist before it was taken to Zam's hospital. As reported by the Krone, there was also considerable damage to the motorcycle, which underlines the danger of the situation.

Statistical background to motorcycle accidents

This incident is not to be considered isolated, because the safety of motorcyclists: inside in Austria is a serious topic. As a current study by the VCÖ shows, there is no considerable part of motorcycle accidents - specifically 80 percent - on open -air roads. These streets are particularly dangerous because most fatal accidents also happen there. In 2024, Austria recorded 349 traffic fatalities, including 82 motorcyclists, which is a stagnating trend in fatal accidents with motorcycles. The decline in traffic fatalities by 13 percent is positive, the consistently high number of deadly crashed motorcyclists remains worrying. The main cause of these accidents is often not adapted, followed by carelessness and distraction vcoe.at.

The greatest challenges are mainly in the drivers' age groups. The majority of the fatally crashed motorcyclists are between 50 and 64 years old. This demographic compression shows how important measures are to increase security on the streets, especially on the heavily frequented open -air roads. The VCÖ urgently calls for further security measures to reduce the number of accidents and to promote safe driving on two wheels.

This latest incident in Imst is another example of the risks that are exposed to motorcyclists, and should be an occasion for both existing drivers and newcomers to drive responsibly and to be aware of the dangers.