In terms of accidents, the so-called risk zones of Barcelona are those in which there are 10 or more accidents with injuries, that are produced at most a distance of 15 meters between them and what happens within the same 12 months. They are the blackheads and In 2023, Aragó street is the one that tops the list.
In last year’s accident balance, with data from 2022, General Miter with Ganduxer It was the risk area with the most accidents in Barcelona: 20. In 2023, Aragó street, in different points, takes the cake, according to the data provided by the council in the accident balance that was released this Monday , and which indicates that this fell by 5% in 2023 but that during that period the number of serious injuries in bicycle and scooter accidents has doubled.
24 risk areas
292 accidents, of the total of 6,857 that occurred in the Catalan capital last year, took place in the 24 risk areas detected, and the list is headed this time by the intersection between Aragó and Independència streets, with 17 accidents. The second point is Diagonal with Balmes (also 17), followed by the Ronda de Dalt, with 16 cases at kilometer 15.
Aragó is on the list in several crossroadsspecific on four occasions within the first 15 risk points: Aragó with Roger de Flor, with Roger de Llúria, with Muntaner and with Meridiana, and totaled 70 accidents taking into account all the risk areas of the road.
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Beyond the points of Aragó, number 579 Gran Via, between Muntaner and Aribau, appears in fourth place, with 15 accidents, and Isaac Newton Street, with 14, in seventh. Roger de Llúria and Roselló, which intersect just above the Diagonal, constitute another risk area, with 13 accidents last year. Diagonal at the height of Maria Cristina added 12, like Mallorca with Urgell.
Miter, half that in 2022
In Miter, 76, near Ganduxer, in 2023 there were 11 accidents, which, being many, represent a reduction of 50% compared to the 20 mentioned at the beginning, which put this point at the top of the black list for 2022. In 2023 There were also 11 accidents in Francesc Macià and the Pas sota Wall with Via Laietanawhere you access Barceloneta and the Ronda Litoral.