Table 1.

Characteristics of via ferrata accidents in Austria from 1 November 2008 to 31 October 2018. Listed according to frequency.

Characteristics		n	(%)
Rescue mission
	Ground rescue	732	43.5
	Air rescue	725	43.1
	Combined ground and air rescue	127	7.5
	No rescue	89	5.3
	Unknown	11	0.7
Weather
	Sunny	1067	63.4
	Cloudy	271	16.1
	Rainy	93	5.5
	Sudden fall in temperature	84	4.9
	Thunderstorm	57	3.4
	Fog	36	2.1
	Blizzard	6	0.4
	Unknown	70	4.1

Note: Unknown: Police officers were unable to obtain information.