There are 2,838 kilometers of high risk and these are its locations

In 2024, 1,154 people died on Spanish roads, according to DGT data. It is the highest figure since 2018 and slightly higher than 2023 when 14 deaths were counted less. According to traffic accounts, 323 of these people died in rapid accidents and 831 deaths were counted on secondary roads.

These ways are traditionally the deadliest. Although it is mandatory to drive more slowly and You can no longer exceed 90 km/hthe characteristics make an error paid. The road out It is still the main cause of death, with 479 deaths, followed by the frontal collision, with 252 dead. Both circumstances are common in accidents with fatalities on this type of roads.

In recent years, the DGT has focused on the Mobile phone usedistractions And the speed. But from other organisms they also try to reinforce other ideas: the maintenance of some concrete roads or sections is insufficient.

To do this, Race makes a report called Evaluation of the accident on the state road network. It analyzes which are the most dangerous sections in Spain and adjusts its accidents depending on the volume of traffic that goes through them to understand where it is more likely to suffer a fatal accident.

The most dangerous routes in Spain

According to the data collected by Race, 2024 was a bad year on Spanish roads. They point out that in Spain there were 3,510 fatal or serious accidents (there has been some fatal victim or some person has been seriously injured). It is a rebound of 17.51% compared to 2023 when 2,987 accidents that met these characteristics were recorded.

The data is the highest since 2020 and breaks a downward trend which had been producing since 2009. In the last 15 years, only in 2019 there was a small increase in these accidents compared to the previous year and was only 0.30%.

All these data are analyzed by Race who cross the number of accidents and their severity with the number of vehicles that circulate in that same section. In addition, they take into account some additional characteristics such as the maximum permitted speed limit, if the senses of the march are physically separated or the number of intersections and if they are at the same level or at different levels.

Adding all these variables, a number that indicates the risk level is achieved. The highest corresponds to a value above 90, qualifying these sections as a high -risk section and where it is more likely to suffer an accident. The second range ranges from 53 to 90 points and is qualified as a medium-high risk section. Below, there are medium, half-low and low risk sections.

Taking all this into account, Race ensures that 9.2% of the Spanish road network can be qualified as high or medium-high risk. In total, they total 2,838 kilometers distributed throughout Spain. Of these, 1,411.66 kilometers enter into the stretch category with a high risk of suffering an accident.

The risk is much greater when we enter conventional roads. According to their data, there are 153 sections in Spain where the risk of suffering an accident is high, representing 8.37% of the kilometers that can be traveled by secondary road. And 148 sections are medium-high risk (8.10%). That is to say, 16.47% of the kilometers of a secondary road in Spain are framed within the medium-high or high risk category.

With all these data, Race points out that the most dangerous sections of the Spanish roads (with more than 5 km in length and a average daily circulation greater than 2,000 vehicles) are the following:

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