In Barcelona, ​​half of pedestrians (47%) report feeling stressed while walking on the street, and 79% say they experience this feeling more often now than five years ago. The first edition of the pedestrian mobility barometer in the Catalan capital, compiled by the RACC (Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia) through 1,200 surveys and more than 9,000 observations, indicates that 37% of pedestrians admit to experiencing "quite a bit" of stress when they have to walk, and only 13% feel it is "safe." In fact, almost two out of four (47%) say that walking on the streets of Barcelona is unsafe. Among the main reasons pedestrians experience this type of stress and insecurity is having to cross bike lanes to access trash containers or bus stops; two situations that affect 71% of those surveyed. In this regard, the majority of pedestrians interviewed by the RACC (78%) point to scooters. Vans and trucks (59%) and electric bicycle users (56%) also generate this feeling of insecurity. Furthermore, eight out of ten users also cite excessive speed as the main factor of insecurity, attributing this behavior to users of personal mobility vehicles such as scooters (83%), followed by electric bicycle users (68%) and delivery drivers (61%). In this context, the RACC proposes requiring goods delivery companies to provide training and awareness programs for their employees. ridersas well as implementing compliance monitoring mechanisms for driving.

Since 2019, the Rabassada, the road that connects Barcelona and Sant Cugat del Vallès through the Collserola mountain, was the most dangerous road in CataloniaEdition after edition, it repeated its first-place ranking. compiled by the RACC. But this has changed. According to the 24th iRAP study, covering the three-year period 2022-2024, the T-314, which connects Cambrils and Reus, has become the road with the highest accident rate in the Catalan road network. It is a straight, two-lane road that is less than 10 kilometers long. La Rabassada has moved into second place. The director of the Catalan Traffic Service, Ramon Lamiel, explained that there have been two fatalities and one serious injury on the T-314—a young person who is brain dead—events that "have caused the numbers to skyrocket."

Every day on the AP-7 there are, on average, two accidents with victims. There are 700 accidents – the vast majority (654) of a minor nature – which can quickly cause hours and hours of traffic jams. In fact, drivers lost 3,700 hours in traffic jams and queues in 2019 on this Catalan motorway, before the release of tolls in 2021. Now, the hours of traffic jams have almost doubled and the 700 accidents recorded last year represent the highest figure in the world. In order to try to stop the increase in accidents on this road, the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon, explained this Wednesday that variable speed will be implemented on a stretch of about 150 kilometres that will go from Maçanet de la Selva to El Vendrell.

65% of people who cycle in Barcelona claim to feel vulnerable when doing so around the city, and this is a significant increase from the 55% who felt it in 2019, despite the fact that we must also take into account that more and more residents are switching to bicycles (41% have been using this means of transport regularly for under two years) and that they increasingly share spaces with personal mobility vehicles such as electric scooters. In addition, nine out of ten cyclists say that they cannot make their entire journey along safe routes. These are two of the most striking conclusions of the fourth survey on bicycle mobility conducted by RACC. The study, which has surveyed 800 bicycle users and has analysed their habits and opinions, concludes that cyclists demand more and better connections between bike lanes and more facilities to enter and leave the city from other towns.