Overview

• Fundación Línea Directa and Fesvial analyzed 124,000+ pedestrian-involved crashes from 2014–2023 and found pedestrians represented 20.4% of road fatalities, with regional shares ranging from Madrid at 31% to Castilla-La Mancha at 13% and the Comunitat Valenciana at 20.8%.
• Eighty-six percent of incidents occurred in urban areas, yet collisions on interurban roads were about eight times more lethal due to higher speeds.
• Toxicology data show 41% of deceased pedestrians had alcohol, drugs or psychopharmaceuticals in their system across the decade, rising sharply to 58% in 2023.
• In 72% of crashes involving a pedestrian, the pedestrian committed no infraction; common issues included drivers failing to yield or speeding, while pedestrian violations most often involved crossing outside crosswalks, walking on the carriageway or ignoring signals.
• Men faced more than double the lethality of women, people 65 and older had twice the average fatality rate, passenger cars were involved in 72% of deaths, and incidents clustered on weekdays, in daylight and from October to December; the survey also flagged widespread phone use while crossing and negative views of e-scooter compliance.