In 2026 Tyrol will structurally reinforce checks on heavy traffic along the Brenner corridor, one of Europe’s main Alpine routes. The regional government has approved an increase to 150 operational days for the Asfinag mobile inspection station, up from the 112 initially planned, with 38 additional days proposed by Transport Councillor René Zumtobel. The measure applies across the entire Land and aims to maintain a high and consistent level of inspection pressure throughout the year.
According to Land Tirol, the decision comes against a backdrop of very intense traffic, with around 2.4 million trucks crossing the Brenner each year. Governor Anton Mattle stressed that every violation represents a road safety risk and that, given the high volume of transit, controls must remain consistently stringent. The initiative is not episodic but forms part of annual planning spread across periods considered more exposed to heavy flows and greater operational pressures.
The mobile inspection station, the so-called Asfinag Prüfzug, operates in cooperation with the police and state inspectors. Each year it enables in-depth technical checks on more than 4,000 trucks, covering brakes, tyres, safety systems, compliance with driving and rest periods, potential overloading, the transport of dangerous goods and adherence to time bans. Activities focus on the Brenner motorway and the sites of Kundl, Radfeld and Brenner, but also extend to Tyrol’s secondary road network in order to intercept possible traffic diversions.
In 2026 the strengthening of mobile checks will be accompanied by the modernisation of the fixed site at Radfeld, which is undergoing reconstruction and technological upgrades with completion scheduled before summer 2026. The aim is to improve the efficiency of inspections, including through more advanced tools for reading tachographs, weighing and technical diagnostics, integrating fixed infrastructure and mobile devices into a more flexible system.
The inspection calendar also forms part of a broader framework for managing heavy traffic in 2026. Land Tirol, together with the Euregio Tirolo–Alto Adige–Trentino (Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino European Region), has published the calendar of truck metering days at the border between Kufstein and Kiefersfelden, setting the dates on which the number of vehicles entering is limited. Thirty metering days are planned for 2026, fewer than in previous years, subject to possible additions. These are complemented by full-day bans for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes linked to works on the Luegbrücke and the management of tourist traffic flows.
The combined effect of metering, bans and 150 days of technical inspections creates a regulatory system that acts both on the volume of incoming traffic and on the quality and compliance of vehicles in transit. For hauliers planning frequent crossings of the Brenner in 2026, this implies a higher likelihood of in-depth checks and, in the event of serious violations or technical defects, the risk of being prohibited from continuing the journey.
The 2026 reinforcement builds on the results of activities carried out in 2025. According to Land Tirol, 68,000 violations in heavy traffic were identified during the year, with the police committing 87,000 working hours to inspections. Most infringements concerned breaches of driving and rest periods, but also technical defects, overloading, violations of time bans and irregularities in the transport of dangerous goods. As for checks carried out with the Asfinag Prüfzug, 1,379 vehicles were inspected in 2025 and 6,282 technical defects were detected. In 4,800 cases, a ban on continuing the journey was imposed.
