In the latest data released relating to road traffic fatalities on the roads of Spain, it has been revealed that almost half of the drivers who lost their lives had consumed alcohol, drugs, or both prior to the incident which cost them their lives. In total, 535 drivers were killed on the roads in 2018, resulting in their bodies being …

The New Year extended weekend has not passed without tragedy, and the roads have sadly played their part in changing some people’s lives, and not for the better. On Sunday, one person, a 71-year-old woman, was killed and another five were injured, three left trapped in their vehicles following a head one collision on the N-332 coastal road near to …

A woman, said to be 56-years-old, died on Tuesday after the vehicle she was in was involved in a collision with a bus on the N-332 near Santa Pola. The incident occurred at 15:46 at kilometre point 93.4 near to the Gran Alacant urbanisation in the Alicante direction towards El Altet. Another three vehicles were said to be involved, along …

The driver of a truck laden with vegetables is no doubt counting his blessings after surviving a major incident involving his vehicle late on Friday night. The fire service report that they were called to a vehicle blaze off the A-7 motorway, between Alicante and Elche, at around 02:45 in the early hours of Saturday morning. The truck, carrying vegetables, …

When the driver of a delivery van was involved in a minor collision in Navarrés, the driver didn´t realise his day was about to get a whole lot worse. As the tow truck was in the process of recovering the van, it suffered some kind of failure, resulting in the van, which had already suffered front-end damage, rolling backwards off …

A total of eight people were injured on Saturday night after a kamikaze driver, travelling in the opposite direction, collided with other vehicles on the M-30 in Madrid. According to the preliminary investigations, which are ongoing, the driver allegedly travelled on the M-30 from kilometre 2 as far as kilometre 21, where the vehicle collided with four others. As a …

A vehicle travelling in the wrong way along the AP-9 motorway near the Pontevedra town of Vilaboa on Saturday morning collided with another car resulting in three people being injured. According to the 112 emergency coordination centre, the incident occurred at 09:54 on Saturday morning at kilometre 134,600, in the Crecente direction. After receiving the alert, the Guardia Civil were …

The Local Police in Santander have arrested a 17-year-old girl who was driving a car that ran over two children in a car park at playa del Camello. The young woman was driving a Ford Focus, accompanied by a male of legal age, who was responsible for the car, although he was not the lawful owner. According to reports from …