Various accidents complicate the weekend of the operation going on vacation
Several accidentsamong them that of a coach, have complicated the traffic in the last weekend of July in which the operation out of august vacation and the return of vehicles to the big cities.
According to data from the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT), up to 475,000 vehicles may have left Barcelona between Friday afternoon and Sunday, of which 385,572 vehicles already did so until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday (81.2%).
This afternoon traffic has been heavy on the roads that usually concentrate more vehicles on a Sunday, such as the AP-7 motorway, but it has also been fluid, thanks to the additional lanes enabled by Traffic.
The operation leaving the holidays in August and returning from those in July has been especially complicated by the bus accident which took place yesterday afternoon at kilometer 3.9 of the BV-1037 road in the municipality of Rubió (Barcelona), and which caused serious injuries to two people, less serious injuries to twelve others, and minor injuries to nine more. The injured coach, occupied by 46 guests from Madrid and Soria and the driver, was going to a wedding, and overturned in a curve from which you access the path that leads to the restaurant where the treat was to be held.
Another but minor accident occurred this morning between four vehicles on the AP-7, at the height of Gelida (Barcelona), and has forced to cut several lanes of the road towards Tarragona, which has caused up to 14 kilometers of retention from Rubí for several hours.
And 50-year-old motorcyclist has died in a traffic accident in the Sants-Montjuïc district during the early hours of the morning, bringing the number of motorcyclists killed so far this year in Barcelona to twelve.
In addition, a cyclist has been run over early this afternoon on the N-II, as it passes through Cabrera de Mar (Barcelona), in an incident in which two ground units of the Medical Emergency System (SEM) have intervened, which has transferred him in serious condition to the Mataró hospital.
Traffic has enabled more than 100 kilometers of additional lanes in the opposite direction to the usual one on the AP-7 (Sant Celoni-Montornès del Vallès), the AP-7/B-23 (Vilafranca-Molins de Rei), the C-32 north (Sant Andreu de Llavaneres-Montgat) and the C-32 south (Gavà-Cornellà de Llobregat) .
To facilitate the return today between 17:00 and 22:00, trucks cannot travel on the AP-7 (between Maçanet-Hospitalet de l’Infant), the A-2 (between Cervera and Cornellà), the C-31 (between Vendrell and Garraf), the C-32 (between Vendrell and Barcelona), the A-7 (between Vandellós and Altafulla), the B-23 (between Papiol and Barcelona), the C-32 (between Montgat and Palafolls) and the AP -2 (between La Bisbal and the link with the AP-7).
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