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Date Published: 22/11/2022

ARCHIVED - Third deadliest stretch of road in Spain is on the Costa Blanca

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The A-77 Alicante has one of the highest concentration of road accidents in Spain

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Third deadliest stretch of road in Spain is on the Costa Blanca

The accident rate on Spanish roads continues to be a priority for regional and central governments, and in particular the DGT. As of November 1, 951 people have lost their lives on the national road network as a result of a traffic accident.

And worryingly, one of the most dangerous stretches of highway, according to recent reports, is in Alicante: specifically kilometre zero of the A-77 as it enters the city.

According to the organisation Automovilistas Europeos Asociados, this particular section of the motorway has the third highest concentration of accidents in the whole of Spain (although no actual figures have been released), surpassed by kilometre 245 of the N-2 in Zaragoza, and a stretch of the A-55, as it passes through Mos, Pontevedra.

Data offered by the Ministry of Transport, which corresponds to 2019, shows that more than 15 million vehicles travelled along this particular point of the A-77, which equates to more than 40,000 people every day.

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Interestingly, this stretch is just metres from another Alicante 'black spot' in terms of road traffic accidents; the roundabout access to Alicante University. To try to make it easier for drivers to circulate and to reduce the number of crashes, the roundabout layout was recently modified and it remains to be seen whether the alterations will have a notable effect.

October is typically one of the most accident-prone months of the year on the Costa Blanca due to the fact that it includes a national long weekend for All Saints' Day and a regional public holiday on October 9.

This 'cocktail' of public holidays meant that 94 people lost their lives on Spanish roads during October, 17 of whom died on roads in the Valencia Region - six more than during the same month in 2019.

On a positive note, there was an overall 20% drop in fatalities on urban roads last year. The Ministry of Transport attributes the statistical improvement to the 30km/h speed limit on one-way streets which came into force in May 2021 - a measure that affects a large part of Alicante city centre and neighbourhoods.

In 2021, 417 people died as a result of traffic accidents on urban roads throughout Spain. A figure that is still "unacceptable" said the ministry, but which represents "a great deal of suffering saved" with 102 fewer victims than in 2019.

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