Tracks With Concentration Of Accidents And Black Spots

Around 1,160 people died in 2016 in traffic accidents that occurred outside the city. A good part of them traveled on conventional interurban roads and a smaller percentage on motorways. For this reason, drivers must take into account the so-called accident concentration sections and black spots.

There are many statistics in this regard, although perhaps what is difficult to understand are the categories, concepts such as black points, accident concentration sections or the EuroRAP have different meanings. They all give information for prevention on Spanish roads.

Let’s see what each indicator consists of and how it can help us when leaving the city. Our vacations will be much safer if we read a little about it.

Accident concentration sections

This category tells us which sections have a higher level of risk than the average for roads in Spain. The important thing here is to verify which are the road segments with the highest frequency of traffic accidents.

This is an indicator of the Ministry of Development, and is taken into consideration to make improvements to the road infrastructure. If we are going to travel, it is important to check which are these sections of the network and try to drive carefully on them.

For a tranche to fall into this category , data from a time greater than one year are used. The length to be considered is at least one kilometer, so this information serves to form somewhat general references.

The already known black spots

But if we want much more specific information, it will be better to know which are the black points that cross our route. This is where roads enter where at least 3 accidents with victims or more have occurred.

In general, the black point encompasses impact zones where the collisions have a maximum separation of 100 meters. This allows to know a much smaller and more accurate section, in which the driver must maneuver carefully.

Of course, this vehicle statistic has its critics. One of its shortcomings is related to the appreciation time of the collected data, which is usually barely a year.

In any case, verifying which are the black spots tells us what the current road situation is in terms of risks. It is important to take all these factors into account when planning the route and our itinerary.

The EuroRAP: more complete and international quality indicators

The iRAP program will implement a much more comprehensive analysis system and application method within the specific region. As proposed, it is expected to include the analysis of periods much longer than just one year, which will allow us to get an idea of ​​which are the most dangerous corners of our road network.

In addition, the different types of tranche will be analyzed with EuroRAP. From vehicles involved in accidents such as the severity of accidents. All this and other data will generate a risk index. The time period to be considered will be claims that occurred in three years for every 1000 million vehicles.

Best of all, this system has already been tested in other countries with very profitable results. The criteria will provide homogeneity to the statistics and drivers will be able to form a much more complete criterion; safety is the goal to achieve.

Some points and sections to consider

If we talk about the risk of accidents, Madrid and Seville each year discuss the first positions in accident rates. The exit from Seville at kilometer 0 of the SE-30 is one of the points with the highest number of accidents, although without leaving dead victims.

In turn, km 16 of the A-1 located in the Alcobenas municipality, is the one that accumulates the most claims. Since 2005, this black spot has left 359 cars crashed and 237 injured.

The province of Barcelona is another territory that registers quite a few road incidents every year. The C-3, starting from El Prat del Llobregat and up to l’Hospitalet, is the most dangerous section in this region.

Verifying the Accident Concentration Sections is vital to get an idea of ​​what we are going to find along the way. Remember that many accidents are caused by problems in the infrastructure and by being prepared and with a better knowledge of the roads, the propensity to crash is minimized.