20-Year-Old Motorcyclist Injured in Head-On Crash on Avinguda Salou Amid Series of Andorran Road Incidents
Rider hospitalized with minor pelvic fracture after overtaking mishap; additional collisions involving pedestrian and vehicles caused closures and delays across Andorra.
Key Points
- 20-year-old motorcyclist hospitalized with minor pelvic fracture after head-on crash on Avinguda Salou due to overtaking.
- CG-1 closed for an hour, causing tailbacks after Sunday evening incident in Santa Coloma.
- 52-year-old pedestrian injured by car at Avinguda Meritxell crossing on Tuesday.
- Multiple other collisions on Tuesday and Wednesday led to road closures and delays across Andorra.
A 20-year-old motorcyclist suffered minor injuries, including a slight pelvic fracture, after a head-on collision with a car on Avinguda Salou near the Viena restaurant in Santa Coloma on Sunday evening. Police reported the crash occurred around 6pm when the rider, traveling downhill on an Andorran-plated motorcycle, entered the uphill central lane to overtake and struck an oncoming Andorran-plated car.
Emergency responders, including police, firefighters, medical services and traffic agents, closed the CG-1 between the Prat Salit and Comella roundabouts for about an hour. Vehicles were diverted via Avinguda d'Enclar and Santa Coloma, causing significant tailbacks, especially among those heading toward the border after the weekend. Bystanders stopped to assist, and the motorcyclist was taken to hospital for tests. He has since stabilized in a general ward without needing surgery.
Separately on Tuesday around 5pm, a 52-year-old man sustained minor injuries when hit by an Andorran-plated car at a pedestrian crossing on Avinguda Meritxell outside the Pyrénées shopping centre in Andorra la Vella. Paramedics treated him on site before hospital transfer. About 15 minutes earlier, at 4:45pm, a car and motorcycle collided at the CG-2 roundabout near Carrer Mirador d'Encamp, causing material damage and northbound delays amid ongoing roadworks.
On Wednesday afternoon, police and emergency services responded to a presumed pedestrian collision involving a Mercedes with Andorran plates on Avinguda Consell de la Terra behind Illa Carlemany in Escaldes-Engordany, closing the road and causing local congestion. Details on the pedestrian's condition remain unavailable.
Police investigations into all incidents continue, with no further causes released.
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This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
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Possible atropellament a tocar de l'Illa Carlemany mobilitza diversos cossos d'emergència
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Atropellat un vianant a l'avinguda Consell de la Terra
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Un home resulta ferit lleu en ser atropellat en un pas de vianants a Meritxell
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Un home, ferit en ser atropellat a un pas de vianants de l'avinguda Mertixell
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Una topada entre un cotxe i una moto al vial d'Encamp causa una forta retenció
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Jove de 25 anys perd l'equilibri tot sol a la zona del vial del Pobladó i s'obre el cap
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El motorista ferit a l'avinguda Salou evoluciona favorablement i queda ingressat estable
- Diari d'Andorra•
Un motorista ferit després d’un xoc frontal amb un turisme
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Un accident talla la CG1 des de Prat Salit fins a la Comella
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Greu accident a l'avinguda Salou amb un motorista ferit
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Una forta topada entre un motorista i un cotxe a l’alçada de la rotonda del Viena genera importants retencions
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Un motorista ferit en un accident a Santa Coloma