The most dangerous roads for drivers and pedestrians in Spain

Spain is among the 10 EU countries with the lowest number of road deaths, with an average of 35 fatalities per million people.

In fact, in the last 35 years, Spain has reduced the number of road deaths from 9,344 to 1,785 a year.

Much of this is down to the work of the national DGT traffic authority and other road associations, which have pushed dissuasive drink driving campaigns and have collected huge amounts of data on where accidents tend to happen, in a bid to make improvements to particularly risky stretches of road.

To this end, a new study by the Associated European Motorists (AEA) reveals the roads you need to be extra careful on in Spain.

The study uses data from the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda, which oversees 26,474 kilometres of roads carrying 53.5 percent of total traffic.

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The most dangerous roads for drivers in Spain:

When it comes to secondary roads across Spain, the most dangerous are the following:

• Kilometre 243 of the N-4a, Ciudad Real – This road has a danger score 598 times higher than the national average.
• Kilometre 0 of the A-77a, Alicante – This is the stretch of road in Alicante is the one with the most accidents, which is 104 in total with 150 fatalities. It is the 86th most dangerous section out of 270 of them.
• Kilometre 17 of the T-11, Tarragona – This stretch of road has seen 90 accidents and has claimed 139 victims.
• Kilometre 12 of the A-55, Pontevedra – This road in Galicia has seen 54 accidents with 100 victims.

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As for the highways in Spain which have been deemed the most dangerous for drivers, these are:

• Kilometre 20 of the AP-41, Toledo – This is the toll motorway section with the highest danger index of 242.2, exceeding the national average by 43 times.
• Kilometre 901 of the AP-7, Almería – This motorway section has a danger index of 63.2, exceeding the national average by 14 times.
• Kilometre 14 of the B-23, Barcelona – This stretch of motorway has seen 43 accidents, where 58 people suffered minor injuries. It is one of the most dangerous roads within the last five years.  

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The most dangerous roads for pedestrians in Spain:

 While driving is likely more dangerous, it can be risky as a pedestrian too.

According to the study Walking Safely. Accident Rate and Risks of Pedestrians in Spain, prepared by the Línea Directa Foundation, weekdays, during the day, and between the months of October and December are the most dangerous times to cross roads.

Around 3,500 pedestrians have lost their lives in Spain in the last ten years after being run over by vehicles, one in five of all road deaths.

Here are the most dangerous streets in Spain for pedestrians according to data from the past decade:

•  Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona – This is one of the most dangerous streets for pedestrians in the entire country, claiming a total of 8 victims in the last nine years.
• Calle Alcalá, Madrid – Like the above street in Barcelona, Calle Alcalá is also one of the capital’s biggest and busiest streets. A total of 4 people have died here.
• Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid – Another street in Madrid has also topped the list. It’s s a major thoroughfare, which cuts across the city from south to north. Four people have also lost their lives here.
• Avenida del Mediterráneo, Almería – Like the other streets on this list, Avenida del Mediterráneo is one of the most important and busiest. It’s located in the southern city of Almería and has claimed four victims.
• Avenida Fernández Ladreda, León – This is a wide highway that passes through the south of the city. A total of three people have lost their lives here.