According to Table 50 of the DGT 2024 Annual Road-Collision Report, for urban and interurban roads excluding Catalonia and the Basque Country, which has the highest published percentage in fatal collisions among distraction, alcohol and inappropriate speed?

Correct answer

Distraction.

Distraction, at 30%; the table reports 28% for alcohol and 22% for inappropriate speed. These are concurrent factors rather than single or mutually exclusive causes: more than one can occur in a collision. The alcohol percentage also uses a specific sample with tests of all involved drivers, whereas distraction and speed use the total considered. This comparison concerns the published percentages for that report, year and geographic scope; it does not attribute every collision to a single cause or establish a universal ranking.