A 68-year-old motorcyclist has died following a crash on the Südautobahn (TF-1) on Tenerife. The motorbike accident in El Rosario took place on Sunday at around 7.52 am near Radazul. Several members of the public called the 112 emergency call centre.
The emergency services sent an emergency doctor’s vehicle and an ambulance to the scene of the accident. On arrival, the emergency services found the man in cardiac arrest. They began advanced resuscitation procedures but were unable to save him and pronounced him dead.
The Guardia Civil has taken charge of the investigation into the circumstances of the incident, as the 112 emergency call centre stated in its incident report on the crash at Radazul. According to reports from the 112 emergency call centre, this is the fifth motorbike accident in El Rosario since the start of the year.
Tenerife: 24 road deaths since the start of the year
With Sunday’s fatality, the number of traffic fatalities recorded in reports to the 112 emergency call centre in Tenerife since the start of the year stands at 24. During the same period last year, the figure was 25. The reports do not cover every fatality. Previously, people died in accidents on 28 October in Los Realejos, on 18 October in Granadilla de Abona (where two people died) and on 2 October in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In September, fatal accidents occurred on 1 September in Los Realejos and on 29 September in Adeje.
Statistics from the Spanish Traffic Authority (DGT) show a more pronounced decline. These figures cover fatalities on rural roads and, for Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, put the toll at 23 as of 12 November, 17.9 per cent fewer than the 28 recorded during the same period last year. According to the DGT, the figure for the Canary Islands as a whole fell from 47 to 38 over the same period.
TF-1 carried out 21 major operations within twelve months
The TF-1 links Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the south of the island and is Tenerife’s busiest motorway. According to reports from the 112 emergency call centre over the past twelve months, there have been 21 incidents on this motorway involving fatalities or serious injuries, including the fall at Radazul. According to traffic counts carried out by the Tenerife Island Council, monitoring stations recorded an average of around 1.58 million vehicle movements per day on the island’s roads in September.
In June, a motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries on the TF-1 near Candelaria following a collision with a car on the TF-1. On the same motorway, two men lost their lives in a night-time motorbike accident. On Gran Canaria, a motorbike accident recently proved fatal for a young rider.
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