Overview
- Provisional DGT data show 1,119 road deaths in 2025, down 35 from 2024, as long‑distance journeys hit a record 478.6 million and the fatality rate fell to 2.1 per million trips.
- Three in four fatal crashes occurred on conventional roads and 36 days passed without a road death, up from 28 the prior year.
- Vulnerable users accounted for 40% of fatalities (451 deaths), led by 304 motorcyclist deaths, while roughly one in four car and van victims were not wearing a seatbelt.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande‑Marlaska urged Parliament to cut the legal blood‑alcohol limit for drivers from 0.5 to 0.2 g/l, as DGT rolls out work‑zone mobile radars and promotes V16 emergency beacons.
- Regional results varied: Madrid reported 59 deaths (-14%) and Murcia 33 (-33%), Asturias edged up to 28, and increases were noted in Navarra and the Canary Islands; separately, Hermosillo, Mexico, logged a 23% drop in traffic incidents and a 24% fall in fatalities.