65% of traffic accidents in 2019 involving workers protected by the Mutua were in itinere

Workers protected by Fraternidad-Muprespa, Mutual Collaborator with Social Security, suffered a total of 7,066 traffic accidents last year during the working day. Of them, 65% (4,613) were accidents in itinere, that is, they occurred while going to or returning from work, while the rest, 2,453, took place during their work day.

The total number of sick days resulting from these work accidents was almost 280,000, 40 days on average per accident, while the estimated cost for the Mutual Fund, and therefore for Social Security, in temporary disability benefits for this concept, was 11.2 million euros in 2019.

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David Revillo, Occupational Risk Prevention technician at the Department of Prevention and Development of Health Culture at

Among the actions, the Road Safety Workshops with immersive virtual reality equipment have stood out - more than 500 have been held since 2017 - or the celebration last November of the Workplace Road Safety Week, which had the presence and participation of 183 companies.

“We must raise awareness and raise awareness by focusing on the company, the people who make it up and society because, every two days, a person dies in Spain in a work-related trip.” The studies we conduct at Fraternidad-Muprespa show that there is an average improvement of 8% in how workshop participants believe they will behave behind the wheel after attending them. It is essential that there is a change in the perception of risk to modify behavior,” he said during his speech.