Sevillano, the councillor for mobility, says that if a comparison is made with 2019, when traffic was normal, the decrease in the accident rate is more in the order of 70%. In 2018, there were 173 accidents and in 2017, 226. These contrast with 52 over the first eleven months of 2021, 33 fewer than in 2020.
The lower speed limit, he explains, has had a significant impact on noise pollution. Prior to the introduction of the 80 km/h limit, there was a decibel rating of 77. It is now down to 62 and so below the 65 recommended by the World Health Organization.
However, the encouraging figures for accidents cannot disguise the fact that there there have been four fatalities on the Via Cintura this year, the first since 2017. Two of these were the result of speeding; the other two were pedestrians who were crossing the road.
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