Overview
- The VIII Informe del Centro de Estudios 'Ponle freno', using AXA data, reports that 2025 saw a record 5,268 vehicle collisions with animals in Spain.
- Castilla y León concentrated roughly 23 percent of those crashes in 2025, making it the nation's most affected region and registering a 13 percent year-on-year rise.
- Wild boar were the leading cause nationally at about 49 percent of incidents and drove 67 percent of animal crashes in Galicia, with November and late-year months showing the highest risk.
- Pontevedra led Spain in accidents involving domestic animals in 2025, accounting for 17 percent of that category and highlighting risks from dogs, horses and poor fencing near rural roads.
- The report links the rise to growing wild boar populations, road networks through rural and forest areas, and seasonal movement, and it urges local measures such as speed reduction in signposted zones, better fencing and driver awareness campaigns.