32 cyclists and seven e-scooter drivers were killed in 2024-DiePresse.com
It was only slightly less fatal accidents from cyclists than in 2023. Bicycle police officers distributed more than 12,000 administrative advertisements and over 13,000 organ mandate in the previous year.
The number of fatal accidents with cyclists dropped in the previous year compared to 2023, but 32 cyclists died in road traffic. 20 of them were traveling with an e-bike, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. In addition, there were seven e-scooters and 47 pedestrians.
Not least because of these values, the Ministry of the Interior established the bicycle police from 2023, which has now been completed in all federal states. In Austria, 422 civil servants are on wheels. 165 of them in Vienna. They have 228 bikes, including 62 e-bikes. The focus of your work is in traffic safety. In this context, the bicycle police distributed 12,158 administrative ads and 13,213 organ mandates last year.
Bicycle police « essential cornerstone for security »
« The traffic safety of the people in our country must be comprehensively guaranteed, regardless of whether they are on foot, on two or on four wheels. The bicycle police represents an essential cornerstone for safety in road traffic, » commented interior minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP). (APA/dpa)
