Balance of road accidents for the year 2023
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) and the Ministry of the Interior presented a few days ago the Balance of road accidents for the year 2023 in our country.
The main data indicate that although the number of fatal accidents registered has increased, the number of deaths is almost the same, which indicates that the average fatality (number of deaths per accident) has decreased. Likewise, there have been 25 days with 0 deaths, four days more than the previous year and the daily average of deaths on the road has been 3.1 people.
More specifically, we find that by type of road, of the 1,145 people who died, 74% died in accidents that took place on conventional roads, which is 21 more people than in 2022. Meanwhile, on high-capacity roads, deaths have decreased compared to the previous year. These data confirm that the relationship that 3 out of every 4 deaths occur in accidents that take place on conventional roads remains stable.
By type of accident, going off the road continues to be the type of accident that registers the most deaths with 486 people, 42% of the total deaths, a figure similar to last year. On the contrary, deaths in frontal collisions decreased by 9%.
Due to the characteristics of the victim, we have that the age group that increases its mortality the most is that of 45 to 54 years with 228 people dead, 20% of the total and with figures 11% higher than those of 2022. Infant mortality also increases since the year 2023 registers a total of 22 deaths between 0 and 14 years old, the second highest figure in the last 10 years alone. behind the year 2014. For its part, the group aged 65 and over accounts for 18% of the deceased (206), with a decrease of 10% (-24) compared to 2022.
By sex, men account for 79% of the fatalities (905) compared to women (236) who account for the remaining 21%. These figures are 1% lower than those of 2022 in the case of men, but remain unchanged in the case of women
The figures released are framed in a context in which long-distance trips, the vehicle fleet (1.7 percent) and the driver census (0.4) have increased by 2 percent. In 2023, 448.7 million road trips were made, with a vehicle fleet that stands at 36.6 million and a driver census that rises to 27.8 million.
