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Spain Road Deaths Dip in 2025 as Minister Urges Lower Alcohol Limit

The provisional tally is the second-lowest since 1960 during a year of record long‑distance travel.

Overview

  • The DGT reported 1,119 fatalities on Spanish roads in 2025, down 35 from 2024 (−3%), with 4,936 injured, an increase of 267.
  • Three quarters of deadly crashes occurred on single‑carriageway secondary roads, and one in four people who died were not wearing a seatbelt.
  • Long‑distance trips reached 478 million, a record, bringing the fatality rate to 2.1 per million movements and yielding 36 days with zero deaths.
  • Interior Minister Fernando Grande‑Marlaska pressed lawmakers to cut the legal blood‑alcohol limit for drivers from 0.5 g/L to 0.2 g/L and backed wider use of V16 emergency beacons.
  • Separately, Hermosillo, Mexico, logged a 23.23% drop in traffic accident responses in 2025 and a 24% fall in deaths, with rear‑end crashes most common on saturated central routes under heightened enforcement.