Beyond a serious problem of conservation and maintenance, Spain continues to carry a structural issue in its road network: there are stretches where the risk of an accident spikes well above the average. And they aren’t exactly on remote roads: we are talking about key routes that thousands of cars pass through every day.
The most striking case is in Alicante. There, a specific stretch concentrates more accidents and victims than any other point in the country, according to the latest report from Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA).
The most dangerous stretch in Spain is on a highway
The zero kilometer of the A-77a, a motorway that connects the A-70 with the A-77 near San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, is today the point with the highest concentration of crashes on the entire state network. Between 2020 and 2024, 93 accidents with 141 victims were recorded here, according to AEA data.
Behind the Alicante case, other problematic points appear: the T-11 motorway in Tarragona (with up to 85 accidents on one of its sections) or the A-55 in Pontevedra, especially around Mos. They are high-capacity roads, which undermines the idea that danger concentrates only on conventional roads.
In addition to these black spots, the report identifies 295 km spread across 67 roads in 45 provinces where the hazard index multiplies by ten the national average. In these sections, 1,752 accidents and 2,497 victims have been recorded, according to figures from the Ministry of Transport compiled by the association.
It’s not just where it happens, but why it keeps happening
The worrying part here is that these are stretches that have been accumulating accidents for years. According to the AEA, 85 of them already appeared in previous reports and 63 have worsened their danger, which points directly to problems that remain unresolved.
In parallel, there are extreme cases on conventional roads, such as the N-632 in Asturias, where two sections reach 167 times the national average danger. Although in this latter case, factors such as old layouts, complicated crossings, or roads that have become too narrow for current traffic come into play.
From the AEA they demand that these black spots “can and must be corrected.” And beyond the figures, what this map outlines is something very specific: there are infrastructures that are no longer up to the way they are used today. Until they are corrected, these stretches will continue to be an anomaly within the network… and a daily risk for thousands of drivers.
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