2023-06-02 22:00:03
Summer is coming. A season in which car trips around Europe become a holiday alternative. Before going abroad you should find out if your Spanish driving license is valid to drive in the country you are going to or if you need to obtain the International Permit.
As explained by the DGT, depending on the country where you are going to travel and if you are passing through or going to settle there, the requirements to be able to drive in it may vary.
Within the European Union, EU, and the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) your Spanish driving license is valid for driving as long as it is in force, and it is not necessary for you to carry out any formalities if you are passing through or on vacation.
However, if you are going to drive outside the European Union or the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), it is necessary to obtain and carry with you the International Permit, which you can obtain by following the instructions of [ESTE ENLACE].
In addition to taking these considerations into account, each country has its specific traffic regulations. In Spain, RACE, as a member of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Program), has presented the data from the report that this group of automobile clubs from all over Europe periodically carries out to establish the road risk index according to accident data.
Its analysis of the 3,067 accidents that occurred in Spain between 2019 and 2021 identifies eight high-risk sections totaling 93 kilometers in the 25,000 kilometers of our roads and another 37 with medium-high risk (658 kilometers).
In these 45 sections there have been 202 fatal accidents that have left 62 dead and 197 seriously injured during the study period. The average intensity in these sections is 3,522 vehicles per day.
Specifically, the N-634, in Cantabria, between kilometer points 232.8 and 243.1, is the road with the highest risk of suffering a serious accident. The rest of the “black spots” are found on the N-340 (Andalusia), N-345 (Murcia), N-230 (Catalonia), N-234 (Aragon), N-323 (Andalusia), N-331 ( Andalusia) and the N-122 (Castilla y León). The first two already had that consideration in the 2017-2019 triennium. Access the report [AQUÍ].
In the rest of Europe the most dangerous country to drive in Europe is Romania, closely followed by other Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, which ranks second, and Latvia, the fifth most dangerous.
According to John Charnock, CEO of StressFreeCarRental.com “Some of the most popular destinations for tourists, such as France, Italy and Greece, are among the 15 most dangerous roads, with Spain sitting slightly lower at 21st. The Nordic countries have a significantly lower death rate , all below 35 deaths per million inhabitants.
The data reveals that Scandinavia is by far the safest area in Europe to travel to, with significantly low driving fatality rates in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The UK and Ireland are also among the safest roads in Europe, with 26 and 31 deaths per million inhabitants respectively.
Two of the most popular destinations for Brits, Italy and Spain, are also in the top 15 countries with the highest number of road fatalities, ranking eighth and thirteenth, respectively.
Another country that tourists plan to travel to this summer, Greece, is statistically the sixth most dangerous country, with 58 deaths per million inhabitants.
Sweden is statistically the safest country to drive, with 21 deaths per million inhabitants, more than four times safer than Romania, which tops the list with 86 per million.
Malta has experienced a sharp increase in driving fatalities in just one year, with an increase of 194%, from 17 to 50 deaths per million inhabitants.
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