As every year, with the exception of the months affected by the confinement and the coronavirus pandemic, the Easter holidays are a highly desired moment for Spanish citizens. There are many who take advantage of their days off to travel to other cities or townsvisit family, friends, or travel, in general.
Although in general they are moments of joy and enjoyment, the bitterest side of these events usually remains on the roads. When so many trips coincide in periods of time that are usually the same, traffic jams and traffic jams occur. Today’s day, Sunday April 9, was expected to be of the busiestgiven that Monday the 10th is not a holiday in most communities.
Precisely in the last hours there have been registered withholdings to Madrid, from points in Albacete, Toledo, Segovia or Ciudad Realamong others, as reported by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) from its Twitter account.
???? The return operation causes withholdings to #Madrid:
➡️Albacete: A31, La Gineta
➡️Cuenca: A3, Villares del Saz and Montalbo
➡️Toledo: A5, Oropesa, Talavera de la Reina and Valmojado
➡️Ciudad Real: A4, New Tower
➡️Valladolid: A6, Medina del Campo
➡️Segovia: A1, El Sotillo pic.twitter.com/u6mzq7Tiqj— Dir. Gral. Tráfico (@DGTes) April 9, 2023
In turn, the DGT has also pointed out complications on the roads from Granada: A44, Deifontes to Jaén, Seville: AP4, Las Cabezas de San Juan to the Seville capital and in Asturias: A8, Villademoros in both ways. Once again they have taken the opportunity to remember the importance of the safety distance in this situations.
28 people die during the Easter operation on the roads of Spain
As a result of traffic jams and retentions, it is quite common for minor accidents, and some serious oneswhich tend to increase the poor condition of the roads and the waiting time until each driver reaches their destination.
But one of the biggest reasons for tragedies on the asphalt, according to the DGT, is speeding and driving under the influence of alcoholdespite the many campaigns that are carried out trying to raise awareness about these issues, as well as those aimed at reminding people to wear a seat belt.
For these and other reasons, these holidays have left almost thirty deaths on the asphalt, from 22 traffic accidents that have been registered, as reported by sources from the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) to Europa Press in its provisional balance.
The Easter week operation began last Friday, March 31, and ends tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. At this time, April 1, Saturday, it was the most sinister day with three fatal accidents and six deaths. Also on Saturday, April 8, there were three accidents that left four dead.
In addition, this same Sunday there was an accident that has left a deceased person of 47 years in Casas de Ves (Albacete) on the CM-3207 at 12:20 p.m. due to the frontal-lateral collision between a car and a motorcycle.
The DGT estimates that an average of 1,566,667 daily trips will take place during these days, 2.5% more than last year. Likewise, at 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, the agency has reported that there are still some 172,000 vehicles to enter the capital.