Overview
- At km 13.5 in the Yura district, a car and a pickup collided and injured eight people, with ethyl tests ordered after preliminary reports pointed to possible drunk driving by one driver.
- Earlier on January 1 in La Joya, 24-year-old motorcyclist Luis Ernesto died after striking a wall, with police attributing the crash to excessive speed and alcohol use.
- On December 31 in José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, an 82-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a motorcycle, and prosecutors are probing presumed culpable homicide after the foreign driver was detained preliminarily.
- In Víctor Fajardo, Ayacucho, nursing technician Dante Yuyali Alarcón, 23, was found dead after a motorcycle crash, and authorities have opened an inquiry into the cause.
- In Vilcas Huamán, Ayacucho, musician Ferrey Páucar Barrientos died when his vehicle rolled over near Carhuanca, with reports citing speed and poor road conditions as likely factors.