Overview

• The Provincial Traffic Headquarters has deployed 216 agents to inspect roughly 7,000 vehicles between June 23 and June 29 on interurban roads under construction in the Región de Murcia.
• The campaign focuses on excessive speed, which provincial Traffic Chief Cristóbal Cremades has identified as the primary cause of accidents in work zones.
• A June 2024 Civil Guard operation checked 187,852 vehicles and issued 11,763 fines, 85% of them for speeding in roadworks areas.
• Provisional 2024 data from the National Accident Victim Registry record 142 accidents in maintenance zones, involving 23 pedestrian workers and 119 incidents in vehicles.
• The DGT is studying GPS-enabled “connected cones” designed to send real-time alerts to drivers as they approach active construction sites.