Attention! Austria has announced new truck bans – effective from today
The Austrian Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure has published the 72nd regulation regarding additional driving bans for heavy goods vehicles in 2025. The document precisely defines the days and hours when restrictions will apply on key transit routes – including motorways A12 and A13 and national roads – and introduces a number of exemptions.
❌ The driving ban applies to:
◾ Trucks and tractor units with a maximum permissible gross weight (MPGW) over 7.5 tons,
◾ Vehicle combinations whose total MPGW exceeds 7.5 tons.
Truck driving bans
❌ April 18, 2025 and October 3, 2025 from 00:00 to 22:00
– on A12 Inntal and A13 Brenner motorways, if the destination is Germany or a country reached via Germany.
❌ April 19, 2025 from 11:00 to 15:00,
April 25, 2025 from 11:00 to 22:00,
June 2, 2025 from 09:00 to 22:00
– on A12 and A13, if the destination is Italy or a country reached via Italy.
❌ Every Saturday from July 5 to August 30, 2025 from 08:00 to 15:00, outside built-up areas in both directions, on the following national roads:
◾ B178 Loferer Straße: Lofer – Wörgl
◾ B320 Ennstalstraße: from km 4.500
◾ B177 Seefelder Straße: entire section
◾ B179 Fernpassstraße: Nassereith – Biberwier
◾ B181 Achensee Straße: entire section
◾ B182 Brenner Straße: entire section
❌ Every Saturday from June 28 to August 30, 2025 from 08:00 to 15:00
– on A4 Ost Autobahn from Schwechat junction to the national border in Nickelsdorf in both directions.
Exemptions apply to destination and origin transport to/from the following districts: Neusiedl am See, Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Rust, Mattersburg, Bruck an der Leitha, Gänserndorf and Korneuburg.
Exemptions from the bans
The bans mentioned in §1 do not apply to:
❌ 1. Transport of:
◾ Slaughter animals, feed, perishable food products, postal shipments, newspapers, beverages to tourist areas,
◾ Urgent deliveries to fuel stations, restaurants, events or refrigeration equipment repairs,
◾ Roadside assistance, emergency services, medical supplies, road maintenance, road and railway construction,
◾ Public service vehicles (police, fire brigade, waste collection, wastewater treatment),
◾ Transport of technical equipment for events (e.g. tent rentals), transport by showmen and technical crew (e.g. lighting, sound),
◾ Military transport of Bundeswehr or foreign troops under military stay regulations.
❌ 2. Trips to/from civilian airports and military airports used for civilian purposes.
❌ 3. Combined transport rail-road or water-road (provided appropriate documentation confirms the rail or waterway shipment of containers or swap bodies).
❌ 4. Trips to Germany, if it can be proven that they are exempt from German driving bans.
❌ 5. Trips to Italy, if it can be proven that they are exempt from Italian driving bans.
❌ Exempt from the bans listed in points 3 and 4 are empty vehicle journeys before 10:00, returning to the driver’s residence, company headquarters, freight terminal, truck yard, or location where the company provides return transport via public transit or company vehicle.
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