Local
Nieves Castro
...with an obligation to carry out specific improvements valued at 200,000 euros. The service will ensure a 24-hour response to any technical issues or problems caused by traffic accidents.
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
...on time. Bayside and Westside are due to open on 11 September and teachers have already gone back to work, but say some construction work is still continuing on the upper parts of the buildings and there have been a couple of accidents, one when a
Opinion
PETER HARRISON
...roadside, obviously the result of a passing vehicle. It started me wondering how many accidents involve animals and the Ministry of the Interior had the answer even if the figures are from 2011. Figures cover wild boar, deer, horses and dogs. The presence ... of animals on the road caused 1,700 accidents, causing 650 human casualties, 10 people killed and 84 seriously injured. The figures for Andalucía alone are worthy of close scrutiny: 903 dogs, 101 horses, 100 wild boar. As motorists we cannot
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National
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Drivers in Spain appear to have lost their fear of being 'under the influence' as latest data shows that four in every ten people killed in accidents had alcohol or drugs in their system. Public prosecutors have declared war on those who drink or ... take drugs and have announced stricter fines. The government says that while drink-driving cases have steadied, it is fatal accidents caused by drugs that have increased significantly.
Local
VANESSA MELGAR
...especially on stretches of the road which see a high number of accidents. The regional government, though, has not yet specified which stretches. What is known is that temporary traffic lights will be installed to facilitate the work. In the long term, the
Local
Juan CANO / Álvaro FRÍAS
An investigation has led to the arrest of 82 people, a dozen of them minors, accused of being part of a wide-reaching scam to gain money from insurance companies. National Police investigated 21 suspicious vehicle collisions between 2015 and 2018,
Local
M. PÉREZ
There were long tailbacks on A-7 motorway throughout Easter Monday after five accidents on various stretches between Marbella and San Pedro brought gridlock to the area's major roads. Fortunately, none of the incidents proved fatal.
Local
Mónica Pérez
The regional government is to carry out improvement works on the A-397, which runs between San Pedro Alcántara and Ronda, to make it safer. Official figures show that it is one of the most dangerous in the province in terms of numbers of accidents ... . On average there have been 50 accidents a year during the past decade, with two fatalities a year. The A-397 is the main road to Ronda and nearby villages from the western Costa del Sol, and the works will affect 38 kilometres in the municipalities of ... worst years were 2007 and 2016. During the period from 1 January 2007 to 19 November 2017 there were 569 accidents on the stretches of the road which are now to be improved, 18 of them with fatalities. In 2007 there were 83 accidents, and people died in
Local
JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS
Last year 19 people lost their lives on the road network in Malaga province, including the Costa del Sol. Not forgetting the human tragedy behind this figure, there is good news in that the number is a record low. This is the lowest number of people
Local
Ivan Gelibter
...that stretch is. Socialist MP, Miguel Ángel Heredia, said that the number of serious accidents at that point on the busy road in the last seven years has reached 36. Apart from injuries and fatalities, the frequent pile-ups cause many kilometres of ... 5 kilometre section of the road, including the La Cala bend. This has reduced the number of accidents involving cars but not lorries. When asked, locals say the only solution would be to actually straighten the road, something which is unlikely as
Opinion
IGNACIO LILLO
...demand? What would the increase in costs be compared to the benefits, both financial and in the form of a reduction in emissions and the risk of road accidents? This week we're not even asking for the line to be extended to Marbella, as it really ought
Local
MÓNICA PÉREZ
Monday 22 January was a black day on the main A-7 coastal motorway on the western Costa del Sol. In the section of road between Mijas Costa and Estepona alone there were six accidents, one causing a fatality and which caused long tailbacks in both ... accident. Traffic was slow moving in the area until after 6pm. In the Estepona area four more accidents were reported. In one of them a lorry loaded with furniture lost a kitchen sink which flew into the car behind. Nobody was injured. This accident
Opinion
Ángel Escalera
...depart from this valley of tears due to accidents, but not through natural causes. As the writers of this book are scientists who know what they are talking about, we can assume that their ideas are supported by solid arguments and not the prediction of
Local
ANTONIO M. ROMERO
accidents and traffic jams. In addition, with the planned growth in local population, it is feared that the existing A-7 will not be able to cope much longer. By opening up the AP-7 to all traffic, travel times could be reduced along the Costa del Sol for
Local
Eugenio Cabezas
...a numbers of cars, accidents and environmental problems in recent years. Nerja town hall and the regional government, the Junta de Andalucía, have been working on the matter since 2016, when they published a joint protection plan against forest
Local
IGNACIO LILLO
...monitor stretches of roads that have a high risk of accidents, above all on motorways and main roads where there are more vulnerable users, such as cyclists and motorcylists, explained the DGT. Any fines given out will be accompanied by a certified photo ... on Wednesday. There will be special attention paid to motorcylists, a group of users which they pointed out have had an increase in fatal accidents - eight in Andalucía throughout the month of July.
Local
ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
...engineers. These could include fires, high winds, flooding or serious accidents. If the emergency is larger, province- and region-wide plans swing into action, said the council.
National
SUR
...waist height for most and a height waiting for accidents." She says that Freddie walked out onto the balcony after a night out and fell. The message criticises holiday accommodation owners for not doing more. "They know their guests will be getting
Local
JUAN CANO / ALVARO FRÍAS
...has said that it is "impossible to return the land back to its original state" and as such the land has lost its original value. During the trial the magistrate ordered that the land needed to be secured to avoid more accidents and as such the