Every day, three electric scooter riders are involved in an accident. According to data from the Catalan Traffic Service, accessed by ARA, of the 1,283 riders involved in accidents in 2025, 72 suffered serious injuries. The vast majority of accidents occur on urban roads, unlike on interurban roads, where they are rare. However, although Three drivers involved in accidents every day may seem like a very high number.In the last year, this figure has decreased significantly.

Workplace accidents have soared in the first seven months of the year, with 52 fatalities in Catalonia, 44.4% more than in the same period last year, when there were 36. Accidents—which include minor and serious accidents—are expected to decrease. It should be noted that these figures must be added to those from August, among which one stands out. Death due to work-related accident at the Ebro plant and one seasonal worker died of heat stroke in Alcarràs, among other victims.

The Carnival weekend has been especially tragic on Catalan roads, with seven fatalities in just a few hours. But this Monday also started in dramatic fashion: a motorcyclist fell on the C-58, at the entrances to Barcelona, ​​​​and was subsequently run over by a truck and killed. That means eight deaths on the roads in three days, and there are already 30 fatalities on the country's interurban roads since it began in 2025, 9 of them motorcyclists. The data is shocking: 30% of the deaths of the year have occurred in a single weekend.