Statistics from the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveal a significant rise in traffic accident mortality in Andalusia. While in 2018 the proportion of fatalities was 3.152 per 100,000 inhabitants, by 2024 this figure had risen to 4.472, representing an increase of almost 30%.
This increase has not been linear but has presented "sawtooth peaks," with annual variations. After a decrease in 2020 due to the pandemic, the rate rose again in subsequent years, reaching its peak in 2024 with the aforementioned percentage. More recent data from the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) for 2025 confirm this upward trend, recording 224 fatalities on Andalusian interurban roads, equivalent to almost one death every two days. 70% of these accidents occurred on secondary roads, with a particular incidence in the province of Granada.
Despite a slight decrease in the total number of fatalities in Spain in 2025 compared to 2024, the general trend in Andalusia remains concerning. Road departures are the type of accident that claims the most victims (43%), followed by head-on collisions (21%). Undivided roads, meaning secondary roads, are confirmed as the most dangerous, accounting for three out of every four fatalities.
In the 2025 road safety report, the DGT specified that since 2016, road accidents in Andalusia have increased by 20.43%. The autonomous community registered the most accidents with fatalities in 2025, accounting for 20% of the national total. Even more recent data, from January 1 to July 20, 2026, indicate one hundred fatal accidents in Andalusia, with 121 victims, although this represents a reduction compared to the same period last year.
By province, Málaga has the worst figures so far in 2026, with 22 fatalities, followed by Sevilla (21). Other provinces such as Granada have seen a drastic reduction compared to the previous year. Despite the figures, there were three weekends without fatal accidents on Andalusian roads during July, which is good news amidst the negative statistics.
The goal of halving road accident deaths and injuries by 2030, set by the UN and the Spanish Road Safety Strategy, presents a very difficult challenge. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has insisted on the need to approve without further inexplicable delays the bill reducing the maximum permitted blood alcohol level for driving. For his part, the Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, highlighted the progressive incorporation of mobile speed cameras to improve safety in work zones and addressed the issue of urban cyclists and helmet use.
