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The Year Closes with 1,119 Road Deaths, the Second Lowest Number Since 1960: One in Four Drivers Did Not Wear a Belt

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Last year 1,119 people died in traffic accidents on Spanish roads, 35 less than in 2024 (-3%) and the second lowest figure since 1960, only behind 2019, without taking into account the years of the pandemic (2020 and 2021) in which the data are distorted due to the fall in the number of displacements. This was explained this Thursday by Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, during the presentation of the road safety balance 2025, at the DG…

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A total of 1,119 people have died in 1,028 traffic accidents on Spanish roads during 2025, representing 35 deaths less than the previous year (-3%), the second lowest value since 1960 after 2019 and with the exception of 2020 and 2021 of the pandemic. This was announced on Thursday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, at a press conference to announce the provisional balance of road safety 2025, in which he warned that they…

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A total of 1,119 people have died in 1,028 traffic accidents on Spanish roads during 2025, representing 35 deaths less than the previous year (-3%), the second lowest value since 1960 after 2019 and with the exception of 2020 and 2021 of the pandemic.This has been announced by the Minister of the Interior at a press conference to publicize the provisional balance sheet of road safety 2025.The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, h…

·Spain
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Thirty-five deaths less than in the previous year

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Last year 1,119 people died in traffic accidents on Spanish roads, 35 less than in 2024 (-3%) and the second lowest figure since 1960, only behind 2019, without taking into account the years of the pandemic (2020 and 2021) in which the data are distorted due to the fall in the number of displacements. This was explained this Thursday by Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, during the presentation of the road safety balance 2025, at the DG…

·Madrid, Spain
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20% of the deaths that occurred on Spanish roads in 2025 occurred in Andalusia. This is how it can be drawn from the DGT report that Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior, presented this Thursday with the General Director of Traffic, Pere Navarro. During the presentation it was also reported that it will not be fined for not wearing the V16 beacon in a "reasonable" period of time.

A total of 1,119 people have died in 1,028 traffic accidents on Spanish roads during 2025, representing 35 deaths less than the previous year (-3%), the second lowest value since 1960 after 2019 and with the exception of 2020 and 2021 of the pandemic, where the traffic of vehicles fell sharply. This was announced this Thursday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, at a press conference to publicize the provisional balance sh…

·Barcelona, Spain
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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