AUSTRIA

Population: 8 393 644

Income group: High
Gross national income per capita: US$ 46 920

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Lead agency
Funded in national budget
National road safety strategy
Funding to implement strategy
Fatality reduction targets set
Fatality reduction target

SAFER ROAD USERS

Ministry for Transport, Innovation & Technology

Yes
Yes
Partially funded
Yes (20112020)
50%

SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY

Formal audits required for new road construction
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure
Policies to promote walking or cycling
Policies to encourage investment in public transport
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs

Yes
Parts of network
Yes
Yes
Subnational

SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2010)
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles
Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers
Heavy trucks
Buses
Other
Vehicle standards applied
UN World forum on harmonization of vehicles standards
New car assessment programme
Vehicle regulations
Front and rear seat-belts required in all new cars
Front and rear seat-belts required all imported cars

6 091 881
4 457 000
711 977
828 792
9 648
84 464

Penalty/demerit point system in place

National speed limits
Local authorities can set lower limits
Maximum limit urban roads
Enforcement
National drinkdriving law
BAC limit general population
BAC limit young or novice drivers
BAC limit professional/commercial drivers
Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints
Enforcement
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol
National motorcycle helmet law
Applies to drivers and passengers
Helmet standard mandated
Enforcement
Helmet wearing rate
National seat-belt law
Applies to front and rear seat occupants
Enforcement
Seat-belt wearing rate

Yes
Yes
Yes
50 km/h
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
Yes
0.05 g/dl
0.01 g/dl
0.01 g/dl
Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
6%c
Yes
Yes
Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
95% All ridersd
Yes
Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10
86% Front seatse
65% Rear seatse
Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
Yes
Yes
No

National child restraint law

Enforcement
National law on mobile phones while driving
Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use
Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones
2010, Statistik Austria.
2007, Austrian Road Safety Board.
20082010, Kuratorium fr Verkehrssicherheit.

Yes
No

d
e

Yes
No

POST-CRASH CARE

DATA
552a, 74%M, 26%F
3.9%b

Police records. Defined as died within 30 days of crash.

2006, Statistik Austria, Accident Costs (Forschungsarbeiten Verkehrswesen, Bd. 177).

a
b

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY

14

Other (3%)

Drivers/passengers
heavy trucks (3%)

Pedestrians (18%)

TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

Drivers 4-wheeled
cars and light
vehicles(41%)

Deaths per 100 000 population

Drivers/passengers
buses (1%)

Yes
No
112
75%
3.2%
Yes
No

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2001

Cyclists (6%)

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: Statistik Austria.

Riders motorized
2- or 3-wheelers
(16%)

Passengers 4-wheeled
cars and light vehicles
(12%)
Source: 2010, Statistik Austria.

Further data on each country can be found in the statistical annex.

50

Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting and cleared by Ministry of Health.

Reported road traffic fatalities (2010)

Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes

Vital registration system

Emergency Room based injury surveillance system
Emergency access telephone number(s)
Seriously injured transported by ambulance
Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash
Emergency medicine training for doctors
Emergency medicine training for nurses