1% of the road networks in the region account for more than 20% of the accidents.BurgosIt is the province that registers the most abuses, followed by Soria, León, Palencia and Zamora, while in the rest the problem is less. The fact that collisions increase in autumn seems to be related to themating period of species such as wild boar or deerSo these animals “are more active,” says Víctor Javier Colino, author of the work, although the roe deer has its mating season in the spring and is also one of the vertebrates involved in more events.
At dusk and early at night is when more accidents occurof this type. In addition, one aspect that has caught the attention of researchers is thatin full moon phasesThere is also a concentration of accidents, when logic leads one to think otherwise. “In theory, with more light, we see the animal that crosses before and we can stop sooner”, indicates Víctor Colino, but looking at the results it seems that other factors may influence, such as the fact that this luminosity influences the activity of the animals or the the level of prudence of drivers.
As for the areas in which the abuses occur, what scientists call mosaic landscapes predominate, that is, areas that combine different types of surface: grasslands, forests, crops, etc. These types of varied places are very good for most of the fauna, because they have different types of water and food resources.
