The number of road deaths, which was lower during the two Corona years 2020 and 2021, is now rising again: according to preliminary data, the Ministry of the Interior has already counted 380 road traffic deaths from the beginning of the year to December 10. In the comparable period of 2022 there were 358 road deaths, in 2021 – when there were still temporary and regional exit and traffic restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic – 345.
For comparison: In the entire pre-Corona year 2019, there were 416 deaths. And 369 traffic fatalities in all of 2022 was the third lowest number of fatalities since 1950, according to the ministry.
Major growth in Styria
According to the Ministry of the Interior, there has been a particularly large increase in Styria this year – from 47 fatalities in the comparable period of 2021 to 77 so far this year. In Burgenland, the number of road deaths has more than doubled in the period in question – from eight in the second Corona year to currently 19. According to the final figures, Salzburg registered 23 deaths from the beginning of the year to December 10, 2021, 19 last year and this year 35.
The death toll also rose in Tyrol from 28 at the time to 35 deaths so far this year. In Lower Austria there were 87 deaths in the comparable period of 2021, 95 in the previous year and 91 this year.
Declining figures in four states
However, the numbers are currently declining in four states: Carinthia had 36 road traffic deaths from January to December 10, 2021 and 28 so far this year. According to the Ministry of the Interior, this number was “only” 19 in 2022. .victims. In Upper Austria, 88 people died in the comparable period of 2021, 77 the following year and 73 so far this year. The data for Vorarlberg remained stable, with 13 victims in 2021, 14 the following year and twelve so far this year . In Vienna, statistics show 15 deaths for the comparison period in 2021, 17 in the following year and ten road deaths this year.
Last week, four people – two motorists, a car passenger and a pedestrian – were killed in three traffic accidents. Two of the road users were killed on a motorway and one on a national road B and on a national road L, two people in Lower Austria and one each in Upper Austria and Styria.
The number of traffic fatalities in Germany is decreasing slightly
According to estimates by the Federal Statistical Office, the number of road deaths in Germany will decrease slightly this year compared to last year, the German Press Agency (dpa) reports. According to estimates based on available data for the period January to September 2023, the number of road traffic deaths will decrease by almost 40 compared to 2022 to approximately 2,750.
Last year, 2,788 people died in traffic in Germany. This means that the number of road deaths in the neighboring country is above the historic low of 2,562 deaths in 2021, but well below the pre-Corona level in 2019, when 3,046 people died in road traffic, the authority announced on Monday.
Source: Krone
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