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
- What counts as a truck ban in Austria?
- Nationwide night truck ban
- Weekend & public-holiday ban
- Tunnel-specific bans & rules
- Parking bans & restricted zones
- Vienna · Tyrol · Salzburg 2025
- Bans to stop toll-diversion traffic
- National truck-ban calendar 2025
- Winter calendar 2024/25
- Spring calendar 2025
- Create legal time-windows with IMPARGO
- 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.
| Road | Direction | Date & time window |
|---|---|---|
| A 12 / A 13 | Italy | 19 Apr 11-15 · 25 Apr 11-22 · 2 Jun 09-22 |
| A 12 / A 13 | Germany | 18 Apr & 3 Oct 00-22 |
| A 4 (Nickelsdorf) | both | Saturdays 28 Jun – 30 Aug 08-15 |
| B 178 · 320 · 177 · 179 · 181 · 182 | both | Saturdays 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
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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