Summer Fatalities Increased by Fifteen Percent During the summer months of July and August, 259 people lost their lives on the roads of Spain, 34 more deaths than in the same period last year, representing an increase of 15%. In July, 2018, there were 127 deaths due to traffic incidents on interurban roads, which showed an increase of 6 deaths compared … Read More
Traffic Collisions Claim the Lives of 1,200 People Last Year The number of people seriously injured reduced by 336 people Distractions, inappropriate speed, tiredness or lack of sleep, and alcohol and drugs are the main contributing factors in fatal or serious incidents The number of deaths in cars or vans Read Full Article... Read More
Easter Brings 29 Road Deaths During the Easter weekend´s special traffic operation, 29 people lost their lives in as many incidents on the main road network of Spain. Although this figure represents a decrease of 12 deaths compared to last year, it is still 29 Read More ... Read More
Ten Deaths on the Roads This Summer Weekend Ten people have lost their lives on Spain´s roads during the weekend, one of the busiest on the holiday calendars when many domestic tourists return home. Of the incidents which occurred on the main road network, five of them involved motorcyclists Read More ... Read More
Road Death Reductions Slowing Down A total of 26,000 people were killed in traffic related incidents on European roads in 2015, according to the latest statistics published by the European Commission, 5,500 fewer than in 2010, but “the situation has not improved” compared to 2014. Read More ... Read More
Road Fatality Statistics Decrease Slightly Statistics revealed this week show that 83 people have lost their lives on the roads of the Valencia region so far this year. The data represents the first ten-months of the year, and shows a 12% decrease on the same Read More ... Read More
Every Twenty Five Seconds a Person Dies The average person reads at two hundred words per minute. Around the world, a person dies on the roads every twenty five seconds. If we divide two hundred by sixty and then multiply our answer by twenty five, we reach Read More ... Read More
Seven of the Eight Weekend Fatalities were Bikers A total of eight people have lost their lives on the main road network of Spain this weekend, six of whom were motorcyclists and one was riding a scooter, according to the preliminary data released by the DGT. The weekend Read More ... Read More
Eight Weekend Road Deaths Eight people have lost their lives on the roads of Spain this weekend, in the provisional balance from the DGT between 15:00 on Friday and 20:00 on Sunday. Friday was the worst day of the weekend when five people were Read More ... Read More
Road Fatalities Declined in First Semester With still a long way to go on the road to zero, fatalities on the roads of Spain declined in the first six months of the year, with 11 fewer deaths than 2014. Tragically, 496 people still lost their lives Read More ... The post Road Fatalities Declined in First Semester appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Another Tragic Weekend on the Roads The weekend started of tragically on the roads when a man died at around 17:00 in the Oviedo area, when the truck he was driving overturned and burst into flames on the AS-215 road in El Rodical. Once the flames Read More ... The post Another Tragic Weekend on the Roads appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Two Fatalities on the Roads this Weekend Two people have lost their lives and eleven people have been injured in two major traffic incidents on the roads of Spain, in the provisional count by the DGT between 15:00 on Friday and 20:00 on Sunday. The first incident Read More ... The post Two Fatalities on the Roads this Weekend appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More