Spanish road safety gain

New data from Spain reveals an improvement in road safety. According to the latest official data, road fatalities fell by 2% during summer 2015. The data came from Spain's traffic authority, DGT. This shows 225 people have died in traffic crashes in Spain during the summer months of 2015, which is 2% more than in the same period of 2014. But figures for the first eight months of the year, however, show a 2% decrease in fatalities, which have totalled 727.
September 8, 2015 Read time: 1 min
New data from Spain reveals an improvement in road safety. According to the latest official data, road fatalities fell by 2% during summer 2015. The data came from Spain's traffic authority, DGT. This shows 225 people have died in traffic crashes in Spain during the summer months of 2015, which is 2% more than in the same period of 2014. But figures for the first eight months of the year, however, show a 2% decrease in fatalities, which have totalled 727.

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