Car accidents: the most dangerous Italian roads in the ACI report

Increased density of claims on urban highways Urban highways are those with the highest density of accidents due to the high traffic flows and the plurality of different means. In fact, the urban penetration of the A24 (12.9 accidents / km), the Reggio Calabria junction (12.5 accidents / km) and the Milan north bypass (in the stretch in the province of Monza 10.3 accidents / km) are the roads on which more accidents occur, while for the motorway network the national average is 1.3 accidents / km.

Sad record for the State Road 36 of Lake Como and Spluga For extraurban roads, where the national average is 0.6 accidents / km, the sad record goes to the State Road 36 of Lake Como and Spluga in the stretches in the province of Monza and Brianza (9.8 accidents / km) and in the province of Milan (7.6 accidents / km) and the SS131 dir – Carlo Felice in the province of Cagliari (8.6 accidents / km). On extraurban roads vulnerable users represent a very high proportion of deaths, even if down compared to last year: 31% (1 death out of 3) is a cyclist, "duer-hutist" or pedestrian. In 20.6% of cases a motorcyclist died (277), in 10.2% a pedestrian (137) and in 3% a cyclist (39).

Friday is the black day On the motorway, goods transport vehicles are involved in 31% of accidents. Friday is the day when more accidents occur (15.4%), from 18 to 20 the most critical hours, June and July the months with the greatest accidents. Taking 2010 as a reference, the accidents decreased by 19.4%, the deaths by 18.2%. Compared to 2017, on the other hand, accidents increased by 1.5% (554 more) and deaths decreased by 1.6% (22 less).

In 2018 there were 37,228 accidents From the ACI report that analyzes the 37,228 accidents (1,166 fatal) that occurred on about 55,000 kilometers of roads in the main road network of Italy, it is clear that the number of accidents is stable on the motorway in 2018, but the number of deaths increases (due to of the Morandi bridge accident). On extraurban roads the number of accidents increases but the number of deaths remains substantially stable (+ 4% and -0.7%), in the inhabited centers both accidents and deaths decrease (-2.7% and -4.2%), especially in the small towns crossed by extra-urban roads.

More victims among cyclists and "dueruotists"Compared to the total number of deaths by transport mode, pedestrians are 22.4%, cyclists 17.8% and "dueruotisti" 34.8%. Two-wheeled vehicles (including bicycles) are involved in 22% of road accidents. The mortality rate of the two wheels (motorcycles and bicycles) is much higher than that of the four wheels: more than 3.6 deaths per 100 vehicles involved in the accident, compared to 1.3 in the cars.

At the top of the most dangerous routes for the two wheels, the SS 001 Aurelia in Liguria, the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, the SS 145 Sorrentina in the province of Naples, the SS 249 Gardesana Orientale in the province of Verona, the SS 114 eastern Sicula in province of Messina. Compared to 2018, on the whole, the roads in which the accidents have significantly decreased: SS 7 quater Domiziana, SS 69 of Val d'Arno, SS 325 of Val di Setta and Val di Bisenzio, SS 222 Chiantigiana, SS 229 of Lake Orta, SS 513 of Val d'Enza and the Tangenziale Nord City of Bologna (Casalecchio-Aeroporto-San Lazzaro).