Nine people die and another three are injured on Spanish roads this weekend

Nine people have died and three have been seriously injured from 3:00 p.m. on Friday to 8:00 p.m. this Sunday, in the special traffic operation at the start of August, according to official data from the General Directorate of Traffic.

The last of the accidents was registered this Sunday at 7:17 p.m. in which a 45-year-old motorist died after colliding with a van on the RM-333 highway, in the municipality of Águilas (Murcia), has reported to EFE the 112 of the region.

The circulation of this Sunday has been complicated as the afternoon has progressed, with retentions at various entrances in Madrid and Barcelona, as well as at points in Levante and Andalusia.

According to the count of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), since the beginning of the most important operation in terms of movements, nine deaths have been recorded in as many fatal accidents and three seriously injured.

On Friday there were three deaths in the provinces of Cádiz, Ávila and Orense, in three accidents, while on Saturday there were five deaths in Madrid, Almería, Córdoba, Cuenca and Pontevedra, three of them motorcyclists.. The DGT forecasts almost nine million road trips over the weekend and more than 49 million in August.