Editing Transport in Spain (section)

==Road system==
{{Main|Highways in Spain}}

[[File:Red alta capacidad españa.svg|thumb|400x400px|Highway network in Spain. The caption reads «Autovía and autopista network - Tolled autopistas - State autopistas and autovías - Autonomic tolled autopistas - Autonomic autopistas and autovías - Insular autovías and autopistas»]]

[[Image:Autovia de la Meseta.jpg|thumb|right|A-67. '''Autovía de la Meseta''' (''the Meseta Freeway'') in [[Cantabria]].]]
[[File:Matrícula automovilística España 2000 7137 CHW.jpg|thumb|left|The current [[Vehicle registration plates of Spain|vehicle registration plate]] design.]]

* ''Total:'' 681,298&nbsp;km (2008)
:* ''Expressways:'' 17,228&nbsp;km (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catálogo y evolución de la red de carreteras &#124; Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana|trans-title=Catalogue and evolution of the road network|url=https://www.mitma.gob.es/carreteras/catalogo-y-evolucion-de-la-red-de-carreteras|access-date=27 April 2021|website=www.mitma.gob.es|language=es}}</ref>

[[Highways in Spain]] are divided into "autopista"s and "[[autovía]]"s, the former being [[controlled-access highway]]s. As of 2019, Spain had 12,255&nbsp;km of roads designated as part of the European comprehensive [[Trans-European Transport Network|TEN-T network]], of which 10,932&nbsp;km are motorways. Bridges accounted for 220&nbsp;km (2.1%) of this network and tunnels for a further 86&nbsp;km (0.8%).<ref>{{cite web |title=CEDR TR 2020/01: Trans-European Road Network, TEN-T (Roads): 2019 Performance Report |url=https://www.cedr.eu/docs/view/6063289f6eb55-en |website=www.CEDR.eu |publisher=Conference of European Directors of Roads |access-date=4 December 2021 |language=english |date=2020}}</ref>

===Road safe system===

For traffic safety per population, Spain in 4th out of 27 in 2020.<ref>https://road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d2e7b66b-1cfd-422a-a36c-b2be1cff49e5_en?filename=erso-country-overview-2023-spain_0.pdf</ref> 
There were 32 deaths per million inhabitants in Spain while there were 45 deaths per million in neighbouring France.<ref>
https://etsc.eu/spain-launches-major-new-national-road-safety-strategy/</ref>
For traffic safety per registered vehicle, Spain in 3rd out of 23 in 2020.<ref>https://road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d2e7b66b-1cfd-422a-a36c-b2be1cff49e5_en?filename=erso-country-overview-2023-spain_0.pdf</ref>

For the risk of death car occupants are the bigger group of vehicle victims (639 or 38%) but for the risk of serious injuries motorbike is the biggest group of victims (2979 or 37%) in 2020.<ref>https://road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/d2e7b66b-1cfd-422a-a36c-b2be1cff49e5_en?filename=erso-country-overview-2023-spain_0.pdf</ref>