How safe is your helmet, really?
This laboratory rigorously tests helmets to find out how safe they really are.
EN125 users warn that the road's deterioration endangers those who use it
Over the past eight years there has been “no proper structural rehabilitation”, and the lack of works has left the section between Vila Nova de Cacela and Tavira degraded, says the Citizenship Movement.
Pre-trial detention for driver who rammed a PSP patrol car in Porto
The driver was fleeing when the PSP managed to intercept the vehicle.
Three killed and four injured in a collision on the IC2
Multiple emergency units were dispatched to the scene.
Risks: Euro NCAP revealed the safest cars of 2025
Euro NCAP, the independent organisation that assesses the safety of new vehicles in Europe, awarded the Mercedes‑Benz CLA the title of safest vehicle of 2025, also winning its class among the six categories assessed. The distinction is based on the weighted sum of scores in four areas: Adult Occupant, Child Occupant, Pedestrian and Safety Assist...
New trial in Borba road collapse case to start in April
The six defendants in the case of the road collapse in Borba, in the Évora district, which caused five deaths in 2018, will face trial again in April after the Court of Appeal ordered the trial to be repeated.
Mudum Seguros joins the Charter of Rights for Road Traffic Accident Victims
The Portuguese insurance company Mudum, part of the French group Crédit Agricole Assurances, joined the Charter of Rights for Road Traffic Accident Victims on Tuesday, the company announced in a statement. The Charter of Rights for Road Traffic Accident Victims was developed by the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), by the European Institute of ...
Several districts are on alert due to rain, snowfall and rough seas
Weather warnings have been issued for multiple districts for rain, snowfall and rough sea conditions, which may affect road and marine safety and travel.
Nine people killed on Portuguese roads between Friday and Sunday
According to the GNR, nine people died on Portuguese roads between Friday and Sunday. A total of 566 accidents were recorded over the weekend, resulting in 13 people sustaining serious injuries.
Nine dead on the roads between Friday and Sunday
Nine fatalities were recorded in 566 accidents, which also resulted in 13 serious injuries and 152 slight injuries.
Nine dead on the roads between Friday and Sunday
Accidents also left 13 people seriously injured and 152 slightly injured.
Two dead in road traffic accident on the A28 in Matosinhos
The accident also left three people with minor injuries.
Christmas and New Year operation: PSP and GNR recorded 38 road deaths
Thirty-eight people died on the roads during the weeks of Christmas and New Year. RTP followed an enforcement operation on the A12.
Road accidents over Christmas and New Year caused 38 deaths
Over 18 days, operations by the GNR and PSP recorded a total of 6,083 accidents, resulting in 38 deaths, 127 serious injuries and 1,643 minor injuries. These figures are higher than last year.
Safe Celebrations: PSP records more road accidents, deaths and serious injuries compared with 2024
Under the 'Festas em Segurança' campaign, the PSP reports an increase in road traffic accidents, fatalities and serious injuries compared with the same period in 2024.
Road accidents during the festive season caused 38 deaths
The figures are higher than those from the previous Christmas and New Year operation
Road accidents during the Christmas and New Year festive period caused 38 deaths
Over 18 days, the PSP and GNR recorded a total of 6,083 accidents, resulting in 38 deaths, 127 serious injuries and 1,643 minor injuries.
PSP and GNR record 35 road deaths in 17 days of the 'Safe Festivities' operation
More than two thousand people were detained over Christmas and New Year.
One in four drivers who die on the roads have criminal-level blood alcohol readings
Autopsies carried out between 2019 and 2024 show that almost 75% of victims who had consumed alcohol above the permitted limit (0.5 g/l) registered criminal-level readings. PRP advocates a zero limit for newly licensed drivers.
Trump demands total control of Venezuelan resources
El Nacional reports that Donald Trump pressed Venezuela’s interim government for total control of the country’s oil resources — a demand with clear geopolitical and economic consequences that raises questions about sovereignty, access to revenues and the role of external actors in a fragile political transition. Separately, Jornal Público’s analysis shows that between 2019 and 2024 some 75 per cent of drivers who died with alcohol in their system had blood-alcohol levels meeting the threshold for a criminal offence, spotlighting enforcement gaps, road-safety policy failures and the need for improved prevention and data collection. Taken together, the items illustrate linked governance challenges: contested control over strategic resources on one hand, and systemic public‑safety and criminal‑justice issues on the other.
Twenty-three killed in more than two thousand accidents during eight days of New Year operations
Twenty-three people died and 51 were seriously injured following 2,382 road traffic accidents that occurred in the past eight days, according to GNR and PSP summaries of the New Year operations.
Twenty-three killed in more than two thousand road traffic accidents during eight days of New Year operations
More than 600 people were injured, according to records from the GNR and PSP.
Elderly man killed after being hit by a vehicle in Loulé
The accident occurred on the EN396, in the mountainous area of Clareanes. The circumstances of the collision are being investigated by the GNR.
Safety awareness campaign for emigrants
According to the military, this awareness campaign, “Sécur' Noël 2025: Safe Celebrations”, “is a good complement to the work of the GNR and involves civilians reminding other drivers about hazards such as mobile phones”.
