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Characteristics of the accident rate in
comparison with last summer
•
By type of vehicles.
The number of
traffic accident victims who travelled
with a three-wheel vehicles, motor-
cycles, and trucks increased while the
rate of accidents of those travelling in
vans, bicycles, and cars dropped.
•
The age of the vehicles.
Where tho-
se who suffered mortal accidents tra-
velled continued to increase. The age
of cars was almost 12 years, motor-
cycles 11.2 years, and the age of vans
remained unchanged at 11.8 years.
•
Type of roads.
The rate of mortal
accidents increased in conventional
roads with only one lane in each direc-
tion, being the roads with the greatest
number of victims (85%) vs. highways
and motorways, even though the rate
of mortal accidents increased in all ty-
pes of roads.
•
Type of accidents.
Swerving off the
road continues to be the most fre-
quent type of accidents, representing
44% of the total number of deaths
(98 people). Head-on collisions were
the cause of 47 deaths, other types
of collisions resulted in 47 mortal ac-
cidents, and 19 pedestrians died after
being run over.
•
By age group.
The age of the num-
ber of mortal victims of traffic acci-
dents last summer was between
45 and 54 years old, followed by
25 to 34 years old, and by 35 to 44
years old. Also worth mentioning is
the death of 8 children less than 15
years old and of 27 young people
from 15 to 24 years of age.
•
Safety accessories.
Thirty of those
who died in traffic accidents involving
cars or vans were not using the safe-
ty belt when the accidents took pla-
ce. In the case of mortal victims who
drove three-wheel vehicles or mo-
torcycles, four were not using safety
helmets and two of the five victims
who were riding a bicycle also failed
to use the safety helmet. At least 18
lives would have been spared if the
victims had used the corresponding
safety accessory.
•
By autonomous community.
The number of mortal victims in-
creased in Catalonia (+12) and in
the Basque Country (+6), decre-
asing in the other autonomous
communities (-13).
mer months of July and August when 225
people lost their lives in traffic accidents. It
should be borne in mind that traffic increa-
ses significantly over the summer months
and this was particularly the case this year
in comparison with 2014 when there was
an increase in the number of tourists who
drive throughout Spain and the total num-
ber of cars on the road totalled 81.1 million.
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