The N-432 in Córdoba has at least five accidents so far in 2024Cordova
In just half a year, the road N-432as it passes through the province of Cordovaaccumulates at least five accidents after adding a new traffic accident this Thursday. All of them are road departures or collisions and only one was caused by adverse effects of the weather. These data and historical figures make the Badajoz-Granada highway one of the most dangerous in Spain. Already one of the sections of the province, in one of the most risky in Andalusia.
A report from the RACE Foundation, of the Royal Automobile Club of Spain, for theInternational Road Assessment Program (iRAP) evaluates the section that passes from kilometer 332.1 to 352.2 as one of the eight most dangerous of the entire region in 2023. That route goes from Baena to Luque. The evaluation is based on the five serious accidents registered between 2020 and 2022. One person died and four were seriously injured. That gives a risk index of 62.2 points.
The N-432 highway is the one with the highest number of risk sections in the province of Cordoba, according to another RACE report released last year. In less than six months, this route There are already five more accidents in Córdoba that amplify the accident rate in the area.
Two accidents near Santa Cruz
Up to three vehicles were involved this Thursday in a multiple collision at kilometer 295, near Cortijo de la Reina and passing the peripheral neighborhood of Santa Cruz. Firefighters and paramedics had to travel to the kilometer point to rescue a person who, according to the warnings, was trapped and was finally rescued by some citizens. One of the vehicles has been overturned on the asphalt.
Already in the month of March, near Santa Cruz, a car and a truck transporting pomace collided, causing two people to be trapped and injured. The truck was overturned off the road. It happened a few kilometers from the last accident, at point 298.
Accidents and rescues
At the beginning of the year, on January 15, A head-on collision left two seriously injured at kilometer 256, before reaching the neighborhood of Cerro Muriano. At a point close to this, on May 31, a track exit near Obejo caused the two occupants of the vehicle to become trapped and had to be transferred, injured, to the Reina Sofía Hospital in Córdoba.
In fact, That stretch between the capital of Córdoba and Cerro Muriano has also been among the darkest, in terms of accidents, from Spain. A report by Associated European Motorists (AEA), with data from the 2015-2019 five-year period, established that it was the seventh most dangerous in the country.
Coinciding with a day of intense rain during the storms that have shaken Córdoba in the winter and spring months of this year, an elderly man had to be rescued after being left in a distressing situation in the middle of a pool of water, without the possibility of continuing to circulate. Members of the Fire Fighting and Rescue Service (SEIS) of the Córdoba firefighters towed the car and removed the man, who did not have to receive medical assistance.
