Traffic accident news in Portugal
Latest news and stories about traffic accident in Portugal for expats and residents.
Latest news and stories about traffic accident in Portugal for expats and residents.
The victim was transported to São José Hospital in Lisbon.
Traffic on the road is completely blocked in the area of the accident.
The first accident occurred at 1:10 am. The 7:30 am collision forced the closure of traffic in both directions.
The alert was raised around 3:00 PM.
The alert for the accident, which occurred in the direction of Sacavém-Algés at kilometer 10.4, between Odivelas and Pontinha, was given at 2:44 AM. Three people were injured, two of them seriously.
Two people died and three were injured early this Friday, April 17, in an accident on the IC17 (CRIL) in Odivelas, in front of the Strada shopping centre. The two fatalities were aged 26 and 52. Among the injured, two suffered serious injuries and one suffered minor injuries. According to CNN Portugal, the alert was raised at 02:45 for a collision between two light vehicles. One of the vehicles involved, which was stopped on the hard shoulder, was a van belonging to workers who were going to carry out repair work on the road. It was precisely two of these workers who died after being struck by the vehicle that went off the road and crashed into the van. Due to the severity of the accident, traffic was completely cut off in the Sacavém-Algés direction, remaining restricted until circulation resumed after 07:10. Authorities are investigating the causes of the accident. 25 personnel were on site, including firefighters, INEM, PSP, and Infraestruturas de Portugal, supported by ten vehicles.
A collision between two light vehicles resulted in at least two deaths and three injuries
Two people were seriously injured and two others suffered minor injuries
Despite the dramatic scene, there are no reports of injuries.
The collision occurred at 20:05 in the area of the union of the parishes of Cartaxo and Vale da Pinta.
The crash of a light vehicle on the National Road 243, between Monforte and Fronteira, forced the closure of the road, according to Civil Protection.
The fatality was travelling in the light vehicle.
The accident occurred in the area of the union of the parishes of Cartaxo and Vale da Pinta. The fatality was in the light vehicle.
One of the vehicles overturned. The alert was raised at 18:44.
The accident occurred on the EN13 in Lanhelas.
The vehicle's front end was completely destroyed. The victim was trapped and taken to the hospital.
The victims are the two crew members of the Montijo Volunteer Firefighters ambulance and the driver of the van.
The Complementary Itinerary 1 (IC1) near Alvalade, in the municipality of Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal district, reopened to traffic at 20:06 today, after being closed for five hours due to a fatal accident, Civil Protection reported.
The accident involved three cars and led to the closure of the IC1 in both directions. In addition to the fatalities, the collision also caused one serious injury, who was transported by an INEM helicopter to the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon.
An all-terrain vehicle was involved in a collision with another light passenger car.
The accident forced the closure of traffic on the AML North Beltway, in the direction of CREL-Loures.
The accident involved two light vehicles, one passenger car and one goods vehicle.
The causes of the accident are being investigated.
The causes of the accident are being investigated.
The heavy goods vehicle was filmed at high speed and performing dangerous manoeuvres before colliding with the car, which overturned. The driver stopped 500 metres from the scene.
Five of the victims were taken to hospital. A car collided violently with the heavy goods vehicle.
Five of the victims were taken to hospital. A car collided violently with the heavy goods vehicle.
