The people who live along the country road from Santa Gertrudis to Sant Mateu have formally asked for speed bumps. On Monday, the day after a crash on one of its bends, residents filed complaints with Santa Eulària council, which is responsible for the road, and with the Consell d’Eivissa.
The council has confirmed it received the request through its Línea Verde service, but says it had no previous complaints about this stretch of the PMV-804-1. It has not said whether it plans to act.
Sunday’s crash
On Sunday afternoon a foreign-registered Mercedes G-Class hit a taxi and overturned at the bend. The two passengers in the taxi, women aged 25 and 26, were taken to hospital. One was slightly hurt, and the other’s injuries were described as less serious. The road was closed while the emergency services worked and the vehicle was removed.
“It happens every day”
For neighbours, the crash came as no surprise. The bend comes at the end of a straight, and those who live there say drivers often take it too fast and swing into the other lane, just where a driveway joins the road. In their view, big 4x4s and powerful cars are the worst offenders, on a road with a 60 km/h limit.
“It happens every day, many times, and we’re lucky nobody is coming the other way,” one resident said, asking not to be named. Locals also use the road by bike and motorbike to go shopping, and residents fear that next time it could be far worse.
The road already has speed reducers elsewhere. Neighbours want the same on the long straight before the bend, so that drivers reach it at a safer speed.
