Balance of road accidents for the summer of 2020

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has presented the balance of road accidents for this summer, which reflects that 202 people died in traffic accidents during the months of July and August, which is 13 less than the previous summer, which represents the lowest number of deaths in summer in the entire historical series.

During the two months, 82.8 million long-distance road trips have been registered, 8.4 million less than last summer given the health crisis situation we are experiencing. In the month of July, there were 105 fatal accidents in which 114 people died and in the month of August there were 80 fatal accidents in which 88 people died, which represents 10 fewer deaths than in the same month of 2019, and it is also the August with the lowest number of deaths in the historical series. 

Other relevant data has been that 27% of those killed in cars and vans did not use seat belts (28), which is the highest percentage in the last 10 years (20% in 2019) and the so-called vulnerable users who died were 84 (49 motorcyclists, 6 mopeds, 20 pedestrians, and 9 cyclists), which is 42% of the total. of fatalities.

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