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General
Spain has an area of 504,030 km2
and a population of 46 millions in 2010. This gives
a density of 93/km2. The density of cars is 464
cars/1000 inhabitants. (2006). The average for EU 27
is 466 cars
pr.
1000 inhabitants.
The road system in Spain is in
general terms, quite good, clearly much
better than in Norway. Spain has more motorways
than any other European country. This was in
2008, 13515 km.
This is more than Germany, having 12645 km.
The number of fatalities was in 2000, 3,580 and this
number was reduced to 2,337 in 2009. (5.1
killed/100,000
inhabitants) This is a reduction of
35 %.(http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do?dvsc=11)
Other tables did give other
numbers. This may be due to different definitions.
The number of killed in Norway on the roads are
around 5 pr. 100,000 inhabitants.
In the Vägverket annual report
for 2009, the following diagram is listed for the
number of killed in different European countries:
Number of killed on the roads pr. 100,000
inhabitants.
Outside Scandinavia, the data is taken from an IRTAD
report from September 2009. Here the Spanish
figure is 6.8 killed.
From the Internet pages of the
General Traffic Direction (DGT), the number of death
on the roads are reported to be 4706 in year 2000
and 2466 in 2008. This is close to a reduction of 50
% and the death rate was 5.4 pr. 100,000
inhabitants. The definition of dead in the traffic
was a death within 30 days after the accident.
The main roads are shown on a map at:
Areas of
special interest:
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Roundabouts
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Motorways and mid
barriers
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Guiding of coming dangers
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Others (Half year
parking, bicycle lane, high speed train,
shore access for everybody, closed roads, etc.)
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