Annual Report 2024 Road Safety in Austria

The entry into force of the Austrian Accident Investigation Act (Unfalluntersuchungsgesetz) in 2006 led to the establishment of the Austrian Road Safety Advisory Council as a forum for key institutions in matters relating to road safety. The Advisory Council’s primary tasks lie in the preparation, ongoing evaluation and further development of road safety programmes for all modes of transport. Its members include the transport spokespersons for the parliamentary political parties, transport safety experts from all modes of transport as well as representatives of government ministries, local and regional authorities, mobility clubs, chambers of commerce and industry, trade and labour associations, interest groups and research institutions.

The Road Safety Advisory Council’s Roads Task Force was involved in the preparation of the Austrian Road Safety Programme 2011–2020, supported the programme throughout its duration and evaluated it at regular intervals. The Advisory Council also played a key role in the development of the Austrian Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030.

In 1961, the authorities in Austria began recording road accidents nationwide using a standardized accident report form. Since then, accident statistics have been available in a continuous series. Over the years, numerous road safety measures have been implemented. The chart below shows the trends in the numbers of injured road users and road accidents as well as the years in which key road safety measures were introduced.

Annual Report 2024 "Road Safety in Austria" (PDF, 2 MB)