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Truck Bans Austria 2025 – Night & Weekend Ban, Calendar, Fines

IMPARGOMay 27, 2025 4 min

Truck Bans Austria 2025 – Rules, Calendars & Smart Time-Window Planning

Night ban 22-05 h, weekend/holiday ban Sa 15-22 h & Su/PH 00-22 h, plus tunnel, parking and city-specific restrictions. This guide lists every 2025 calendar and shows how to build compliant time-windows in IMPARGO so dispatcher, driver and customer stay aligned.

Last update : 22 April 2025 – check “truck ban Austria today” in the calendars below.

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Table of Contents

  1. What counts as a truck ban in Austria?
  2. Nationwide night truck ban
  3. Weekend & public-holiday ban
  4. Tunnel-specific bans & rules
  5. Parking bans & restricted zones
  6. Vienna · Tyrol · Salzburg 2025
  7. Bans to stop toll-diversion traffic
  8. National truck-ban calendar 2025
  9. Winter calendar 2024/25
  10. Spring calendar 2025
  11. Create legal time-windows with IMPARGO
  12. FAQ

1 | What counts as a truck ban in Austria?

The phrase truck bans Austria (German “LKW Fahrverbot Österreich”) covers:

  • Nationwide night ban
  • Nationwide weekend & public-holiday ban
  • Tunnel, parking and city-specific bans
  • Seasonal calendars on A 10, A 12, A 13 & key B-roads
  • Regional Euro-class & sectoral bans (e.g. Inntal, Vienna)

Bans usually affect vehicles > 7.5 t GVW; some start at 3.5 t when towing a trailer.

2 | Nationwide night truck ban

22:00 – 05:00 on every road • trucks > 7.5 t • 60 km/h speed cap.
Exemptions: road service, army, certified low-noise trucks (yellow “L” plate).

3 | Weekend & public-holiday truck ban

Saturday 15:00 – Sunday 22:00
Public holiday 00:00 – 22:00
Applies if truck or trailer > 3.5 t or solo tractor > 7.5 t.

Main exemptions: combined transport (≤ 65 km radius), fresh food, live animals, mail, emergency repairs, refuse, fairground & agri machinery.

4 | Tunnel-specific bans & rules

  • Haz-mat ban – Arlberg Tunnel: no ADR loads.
  • A 12 tunnel chain: speed limits + night bans for loud trucks; some stretches forbid > 7.5 t 22:00-05:00.
  • Confined tunnels may require hazard lights or CB contact with the operator.
  • Over-height/width trucks need advance permits.

5 | Parking bans & restricted zones

  • City centres (Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck) – no truck parking in historic or high-footfall districts.
  • Tourist & nature zones – Alpine resorts / nature reserves ban heavy-vehicle parking.
  • Mountain passes (Tyrol) – parking banned on narrow climbs to keep rescue lanes open.
  • Motorway shoulders/exits & tunnel portals – parking prohibited to maintain flow.

6 | Vienna · Tyrol · Salzburg 2025

  • Vienna: night & weekend truck ban in inner districts; Euro-1/2 trucks restricted 24/7.
  • Tyrol: extra winter bans on A 12 & mountain B-roads; stricter tunnel rules for ADR loads.
  • Salzburg: weekend/holiday bans in tourist zones; spring & winter calendars on A 10.

7 | Bans against toll-diversion traffic

Since 2004 most provinces block > 3.5 t trucks on local “rat-run” routes off the A 12 & A 13. Watch for red “LKW-Fahrverbot” signs.

8 | National truck-ban calendar 2025

BGBl II 72/2025 – applies to trucks > 7.5 t.

RoadDirectionDate & time window
A 12 / A 13Italy19 Apr 11-15 · 25 Apr 11-22 · 2 Jun 09-22
A 12 / A 13Germany18 Apr & 3 Oct 00-22
A 4 (Nickelsdorf)bothSaturdays 28 Jun – 30 Aug 08-15
B 178 · 320 · 177 · 179 · 181 · 182bothSaturdays 5 Jul – 30 Aug 08-15

9 | Winter ban calendar 2024/25 (Tyrol & Salzburg)

A 12 & A 13 · Saturdays 13 Jan – 9 Mar 07-15 (Italy ↔ Germany).
A 10 · Friday/Saturday slots per BGBl II 383/2024.

10 | Spring ban calendar 2025 (Salzburg)

A 10 (both directions) · dates per BGBl II 71/2025 – 18/19 Apr, 06/07/13/14/20/21 Jun.

11 | Create legal time-windows with IMPARGO

The IMPARGO Transport Management Platform lets dispatch add up to two allowed time-windows per stop. Route & ETA stay inside those windows – perfect for Austrian night, weekend and tunnel bans:

  • Step 1 – dispatcher: add 05:05-15:00 & 22:00-23:59 for a Saturday ban.
  • Step 2 – IMPARGO: checks driving-hour rules and builds a compliant schedule.
  • Step 3 – live ops: chat with the driver via DriverApp or insert a planned rest/parking stop if a ban forces an overnight pause.
  • Step 4 – transparency: the same windows show in the order PDF, DriverApp timeline and customer tracking link.
  • ROI: fines avoided, margin protected – costs refresh live in the Cost Calculator. Full guide → Time-planning docs
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12 | FAQ

Weight threshold?
Usually > 7.5 t; some bans start at 3.5 t with trailer.

Saturday truck ban?
Yes – summer Saturdays on A 12, A 13 & listed B-roads.

Night ban hours?
22:00 – 05:00 nationwide.

Public-holiday ban?
Same as weekend ban: 00:00 – 22:00.

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