They are additionally fewer victims than within the final yr earlier than the pandemic, when 57 individuals died. The most critical accident was the bus accident in Pontevedra on Christmas Eve, through which seven individuals died. This Christmas there have been 5% extra journeys than earlier than the pandemic
Christmas 2022-2023 has registered a complete of 51 deaths on Spanish roads, which is three deaths lower than within the earlier yr, when 54 deaths have been registered.
This was acknowledged this Monday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, throughout the presentation of the provisional stability of street accidents for 2022 on the headquarters of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), the place he additionally introduced the stability of street accidents within the Christmas 2022-2023, which runs from 3:00 p.m. on December 23, 2022 to 11:59 p.m. on January 8, 2023.
In this era, through which the particular Traffic machine was energetic, 51 individuals died on Spanish roads, which is six fewer individuals than at Christmas 2019-2020, the pre-pandemic reference yr, when 57 individuals died on the roads .
Among the visitors accidents, the Minister of the Interior regretted the bus accident in Pontevedra on Christmas Eve, through which seven individuals died. “You have to return to 2016 to discover a street accident with these penalties,” he assured.
During the Christmas vacation interval, displacements, in line with Marlaska, have been 19,500,000 displacements, which is 5 p.c greater than in 2019 and 16 p.c greater than in 2021.
“Awareness shouldn’t be sufficient, we’re clear about that, our obligation is to strengthen surveillance and management on the roads yearly with the purpose of stopping the primary dangerous behaviours. Road security is a shared duty, a process that entails us everybody”, identified the minister, noting that they’re going to implement 88 new pace checkpoints.