Accident on the expressway leaves serious injuries

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

There are serious injuries in a traffic accident that occurred a few moments ago on the expressway, more specifically near Viveiros, in the Funchal-Caniço direction.

There are two vehicles involved in the incident, one heavy and the other light passenger vehicle.

 

Jornal Madeira understands that at least two emergency services are on the ground, namely the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters and the Portuguese Red Cross. This accident has completely closed traffic on that lane, with long traffic queues already forming.

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9 Responses

    1. maybe but, I am just back and noticed the driving of locals, especially the young ones,have changed a lot ie fast and furious

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    2. I was riding with a friend in Funchal recently, he is a life-long resident and we were talking about various things and I mentioned that I see many people blaming tourists for the accidents but I’ve never seen any evidence to support such statements and that my own observations were many poor driving habits among locals as well as tourists. He commented that certainly most accidents are caused by tourists. Moments later a car that had been parked pulled right in front of him and he had to brake quickly to avoid an accident. I commented to him that it looked like a local driver and he replied “maybe” but after looking better he said “yes, you are right”.

      Another thought comes to mind: when someone points a finger at someone else (such as placing blame), there are three fingers pointing back at them! 🙂

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    3. As said before, the crazy drivers are mostly the locals. The tourists/foreigners drive usually a bit unsafe, because they are slow, don’t know where to go and don’t know how to use the roundabouts in PT style.
      But most accidents – especially on VR – are not with rental cars, but with the “usual” local car.

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    4. When did this uptick in accidents start? How greater is the volume of accidents compared to before? In 2024 Madeira received a 6.5% increase in foreign visitors compared to the year before, though we don’t have data on visitor numbers for this year as it is still ongoing. Is this 6.5% increase in accidents what you are noticing? Or are you noticing a larger increase, in which case it would also have to include local people causing at least some of the accidents too. I agree that if there is a problem then we need to get to the bottom of who or what is causing it to find solutions to protect the people. What is your in depth research that you have done before asking this question on a forum that is frequented mainly by foreginers? What you have you found out already before asking this here?

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  2. It should be remembered that half of the locals and tourists are mostly drunk and still drive on drugs. No wonder so many accidents happen 🙈

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  3. Dont really understand why people are putting things in terms of locals vs tourists. There are obviously accidents caused by locals and other by visitors. If there are 250,000 locals and 30,000 tourists, doenst take much to understand the majority of accidents are caused by locals. Statistically.

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  4. Just enforcing the speed limit laws saves lives. People drive too fast. I know for a fact my taxi ride from the airport was well over 112kph. Why don’t the police give out traffic fines?

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