Andalusia accumulates from January to September 12, 2024 a total of 159 deaths on the region’s roads, a figure which represents 35% more than those recorded in the same period of 2023while the figure was 118 death.
Thus, according to information from the General Directorate of TrafficThere was a total of 142 fatal accidents in the community until September 12, compared to the 107 accumulated during the same period of the previous year, which represents 33% more.
Andalusia It is thus the community with the highest number of fatal accidents, accumulating 19.6% of the national total. They follow it Castile and Leonwith 84 fatal accidents, and Catalonia with 85. Regarding deaths, the Andalusian region also leads the national ranking, with 19.7% of the total.
By Andalusian provinces, Grenade It is the one that has recorded the highest number of road accidents so far this year, with a total of 27 (14 more than in the same period in 2023) that have cost the lives of 29 people, compared to 13 the previous year. Next comes Seville, with 23 fatal accidents and 33 deaths, 14 more than in 2023. Malaga So far this year there have been 23 accidents with 27 deaths, while in Jaén around twenty people have died in 19 road accidents.
In the case of CordobaThe province has recorded a total of 16 accidents with fatalities so far this year, which rises to 17, and in the territory of Huelva 12 deaths have been recorded in separate accidents.
On the other hand, Almeria And Cadiz are the only provinces of Andalusia which have so far recorded fewer road deaths than the previous year. On the one hand, in Almería, until September 12, 10 people lost their lives in road accidents, compared to 18 in the same period in 2023. And in CadizTHE DGT has recorded three fewer deaths to date, for a total of 11.
