One of the worst figures that last year leaves us with are those shown by the DGT in terms of accidents. 1,154 people died on the road in 2024 and another 4,634 suffered serious injuries. It is an unaffordable amount that makes clear some shortcomings in terms of security and demonstrate that it is still a pending issue. There are more deaths than in 2023 and the only excuse the authorities make is that it was a year with historical travel record on road. Let’s analyze how it could have happened.
The DGT says that in 2024 there were almost 463 million trips on interurban roads, which meant 3.15% more than in 2023. This has translated into the shameful number of 1,154 deaths in traffic accidents, which is 14 more people than the previous year. It happened in no less than 1,040 fatal accidentsfour less than what had been registered in 2023. Even so, they say that the rate of fatal accidents per million trips is 2.2; the lowest value in the last decade.
One of the keys is that the number of accidents with multiple victimsbecause in the 91 accidents 205 people died. There has also been an increase in fatalities traveling by van, something that is currently being studied. Not to mention that the 27% of those who died were not wearing seat belts of security, something that is unforgivable in the 21st century. As a curious fact, the first quarter was the darkest with an increase in deaths of 16% and it was corrected until the last, with a drop of 7%.
There were only 28 days of 2024 in which there were no fatalities in accidents, which leaves us with an average of 3 people killed and 13 injured people hospitalized per day. If we start to analyze, conventional or secondary roads continue to be the type of road that concentrates the most accidents (72%), although in 2024 deaths on highways and highways increased 7%. The only solution that the DGT provides is to adapt the distribution of the new radars and increase surveillance…
The mortality of vulnerable users decreased slightly (-3%), highlighting the decrease among pedestrians, while motorcyclist deaths increased. Regarding the type of accident, the way out It is the one that claims the most victims (42%), followed by the head-on collision. The profile changes slightly, since 82% of the victims are men and women have reduced their mortality by 11%. Worries about group of people over 65 years of agewhich is equal to 45 to 54 years old with 228 victims and represents an increase of 11%.
