Despite Europe’s goal to have zero road deaths by 2050, last year was a bloody one in the province of Granada with a total of 45 deaths on the roads; 2023 ‘only’ saw 29.
The reasons behind these fatal accidents were the use of drugs/alcohol behind the wheel, ignoring road-use regulations (speeding, for example) and the condition of road surfaces, either because of the weather or deterioration.
Bikers accounted for a third of the deaths although they certainly do not represent a third of road users and road conditions play a large part in that, perhaps.
Leaving aside the autovías for the moment, the blackspots on main roads can be found on the N-340 (coastal road), the A-395 (Sierra Nevada road) and the A-348 (from Órgiva to the Alpujarra Almeriense).
In the case of the N-340, the DGT points out that dangerous sections are the one known as the curvas de Almuñécar, between kilometre points 308 and 340, as well as where it passes through the municipality of Motril.
As for the A-395, this climb up to the Sierra Nevada is full of bends but the blackspot is between kilometre-points four and 26.
The A-348, which starts at the Órgiva, entrance junction where the tunnel is and winds all the up into the province of Almeria, has its blackspot between kilometre-point 23 and 55.
Finally, we have the A-92 autovía, which accounted for six of the 45 deaths last year, which has a black spot between kilometre-point 177 and 241. That from the Juncaril junction just above Granada to where it splits in just before Archidona where it descends into the city of Málaga.
(News: Granada, Andalucia)
News: DGT Road Deaths, 2024, N-340, N-395, N-348, A-92, Almunecar, Motril, Sierra Nevada, Alpujarra
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