Annual Report 2021 Road Safety in Austria

Road safety work is an ongoing process. Continued efforts are thus still required subsequent to the Austrian Road Safety Programme 2011–2020 to further reduce the numbers of accidents, fatalities and injuries on Austria’s roads. The newly developed Austrian Road Safety Strategy for the years 2021–2030 builds on the two previous Austrian Road Safety Programmes. In doing so, it expands the prior methodology and pursues an innovative approach based on both the Safe System method and the current trends and developments in mobility.

2021 marks the start of the period covered by this new road safety strategy. In line with the philosophy of the Safe System approach, the Austrian Road Safety Strategy for the coming years aims to achieve a paradigm shift from accident prevention of injury prevention. Serious or fatal injuries on the roads should be prevented. The new strategy addresses the key topics in road safety for the next decade in seven distinct fields of action. To accommodate the constant advances and changes in technology, as well as the turnaround in transport and mobility, it will be augmented by time-specific thematic action plans, thus facilitating a regular adaptation to new developments through specific measures.

The goal of the Austrian Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030 is to halve the numbers of road fatalities and seriously injured road users in Austria by 2030. A further goal is to ensure that no more children are fatally injured on Austria’s roads by the same year. A set of safety indicators that describe the parameters which lead to road accidents or injuries will likewise be identified and thus provide ongoing information on current trends.

This report describes the road safety activities and measures carried out in Austria in 2021. It provides an overview of the accident statistics, the trends and developments in recent years and the measures taken in the fields of action defined in the Austrian Road Safety Strategy.

Annual Report 2021 "Road Safety in Austria" (PDF, 1 MB)