In a bid to cut accidents and the number of victims, the City Police launched a campaign on Monday, 26 February, which will be in place around the clock through to Sunday, 3 March.
Coordinated by the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT), this prevention campaign is geared towards reducing the risk of people being run over and towards protecting pedestrians. To this end, the campaign will pay special attention to combating infringements by drivers and riders of different types of vehicles, including personal mobility vehicles such as electric scooters.
Enforcement will focus on infringements that pose a risk to people on foot in the city, such as the failure to respect pedestrian crossings, the ban on circulating on pavements and infringements at pedestrian islands, superblocks and other spaces where pedestrians have priority.
Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to traffic accidents. In addition, people who get run over can sustain some of the severest injuries. In this respect, the Road Safety Strategy 2030 sets the goal of halving the number of fatalities and serious injuries by this date, and getting the number of deaths down to zero by 2050. According to the latest accident figures, there was a 4.8% drop in accidents in 2023, with 3.1% fewer injuries than the previous year.