Skiing in the Corona winter – save a lot on the number of accidents in Salzburg too
Strict lockdown in addition, open ski lifts – that doesn’t go together for many. Because the hospitals should actually be relieved, otherwise one will accept a lot of slope casualties, there are allegations. What did the numbers give her after the experience from the first full corona winter?
On the website of the Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit) you can find the following sentence after entering the search term “winter sports”: “Every year around 30,000 skiers and snowboarders are injured on Austria’s slopes. Instead of falling, the number of accidents is increasing.”
The article is from the end of January 2020. At this time, Corona was slowly picking up speed in the news situation. However, there was still no talk of the officially ordered termination of that winter season in mid-March. And the phrase “around 30,000 skiers (…)” …
Accessed on November 22, 2021 at 7:51 am on https://www.sn.at/salzburg/wirtschaft/ski-fahren-im-coronawinter-zahl-der-unfaelle-auch-in-salzburg-stark-gesunken-112896286