According to figures provided by the National Delegation for Road Safety, the number of road accidents [4] amounted to 22 507 in 2019, down 2.1% compared to 2018.
These accidents claimed the lives of 3 270 people and injured 31 010 others with deaths falling by 1.06% and the injured by 4.79%.As a reminder, traffic accidents caused the death of 4 600 people in 2015. Since then, the death toll has been declining.