"Since the accident, I couldn't stop thinking about how he was, because I didn't know what had happened to him, whether he would live or not." Carlos Roberto Hernández recalls that the car windows shattered into pieces and scattered around him. Before he had time to wonder what had happened, he saw a person fall next to his car, on Carrer Mallorca in Barcelona, right in front of the Sagrada Família. The one who had fallen was Javier, who was on a motorcycle, and he collided with his car, which had braked suddenly. The motorcyclist broke three finger tendons and needed up to four operations after the accident. Even today, he hasn't been able to return to his job as a plumber and doubts if he will ever be able to work again.

018. These three digits are the new free telephone number enabled by the Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) to assist people affected by a traffic accident anywhere in the State. Every day of the year, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., this pioneering service offers assistance in fifty languages and provides psychological support, legal guidance, and accompaniment to victims, their families, and close relations. It is also accessible for people with hearing disabilities and, in addition to the telephone, can be accessed via WhatsApp, email, and by filling out a web form.

Lluís Mendo is a firefighter, but he doesn't put out fires; he responds to traffic accidents. In fact, one in every five emergency services this force provides is specifically to assist people trapped in a vehicle due to an accident.

"Ten people will die on the roads next month and they don't even know it yet." With this forcefulness, Commissioner Mònica Luis, head of the General Mobility Commissariat of the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police), summarizes the tragedy that regularly occurs on Catalan roads. This year, 62 people have lost their lives on the road. These are heartbreaking deaths, "of someone who doesn't return home and to whom you haven't been able to say goodbye." And many are preventable deaths, often caused by distractions from phones and screens, speeding, or alcohol or drug use. "We can all do more," Luis concludes.

One person died and seven others were injured—two seriously—when a reckless driver collided with six vehicles that were stopped in a traffic jam on the AP-7 near Vilablareix, in the Gironès region. This is the first fatal accident this Easter in Catalonia, given that the return operation begins at 12 noon this Sunday, during which approximately 580,000 vehicles are expected to be returned to the Barcelona area by midnight tomorrow, Easter Monday.

Tragic night on Catalan roads. According to the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT), this past Carnival night there have been five traffic accidents on Catalan roads that have caused the death of six people. "They are all very dramatic accidents, among the victims and the injured there are many young people under 35 years of age," lamented the director of the Catalan Traffic Service, Ramon Lamiel, who has shown "maximum concern" about the increase in young victims.