During the month of March they have been registered on the highway 70 deadly accidents in which 79 people have died, 8 more than in the same month of 2022, according to the balance of accidents carried out by the DGT.
This body has published the accident registry in which it stands out that long-distance movements have increased by more than 12% compared to March 2022. According to the means of displacement, the number of vulnerable deceased has increased by 7, especially due to the pedestrians being run over that have taken place this month. 12 of the deceased were not using any safety device at the time of the accident. This month there have been 5 days with 0 deaths.
Depending on the type of accident, collisions and road exits remain stable, but it is worth noting the 7 pedestrian hit-and-runs that have occurred this month of March, 6 more than in the same month of 2022.
Regarding the use of safety systems, 12 of the deceased were not using the corresponding safety system at the time of the accident: 8 car drivers, 2 van drivers and 2 truck drivers were not wearing seat belts.
By autonomous communities, Catalonia has been the Community that has experienced the greatest increase of the accident rate, with 7 more deaths than in the month of March 2022, while Murcia has been the region in which the greatest decrease has been, with 6 fewer deaths.
With these records, the DGT studies the adoption of measures such as the possibility of prohibiting drivers from leaving their vehicles to place the reflective triangles for warning of danger in cases of breakdown on the motorway or dual carriageway due to the risk of being run over.
Last March 21, 2022 The new Traffic and Road Safety Law came into force, in which one of the most controversial measures was to prohibit exceeding the maximum speed on any road, even when overtaking. This point was especially criticized, alleging that it would increase the danger on the roads, especially on conventional roads. limited to 90 km/hby extending the time required for overtaking manoeuvres.
The general director of Traffic, Pere Navarro, even went so far as to admit that, if his data indicated that the figure was not useful and the accident rate increased, it could be reversed. However, the new measures being studied by the DGT point in another direction.
Navarrese has explained now that at the moment they are studying “to see how legally we can make the triangle no longer mandatory on motorways and dual carriageways” after explaining that in the United Kingdom they have already eliminated this measure because on those roads “there are many cars, a lot of traffic and they are very quickly». “They have removed it due to the risk of being hit by someone who has gotten out of the car to place the triangle,” Navarro argues.
Eleven dead last weekend
A total of 11 people lost their lives last weekend in road accidents registered on Spanish highways -all of them on conventional roads- coinciding with the first phase of Holy Week.
Between 3:00 p.m. last Friday and 12:00 a.m. this Sunday, eight fatal accidents occurred on interurban roads in Spain. The fatal accidents took place in Sada (A Coruña), Pravia (Asturias), Navalperal de Pinares (Ávila), Xove (Lugo), Madarcos (Madrid), Beniel and Moratalla (Murcia), and El Coronil (Seville).
The most tragic day was this Saturday (seven fatalities), ahead of Sunday (three) and Friday (one).
four fatalities They were vulnerable users, specifically three motorcyclists and a cyclist. The 11 accidents occurred on conventional highways, that is, one lane in each direction and with no physical separation between them. There were five exits from the road and two collisions.
The DGT special operation will last from 3:00 p.m. last Friday until Monday, April 10, a period during which it expects 16 million road trips.
According to the DGT, that this holiday period is “one of the most complicated of the year, as the volume of trips that are made in a short space of time, with similar origins and destinations and made on the same days and hours” increases. Last year there were 25 fatal accidents at Easter, in which 27 people died.
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