Andalusia’s 1-1-2 emergency number handled 7,482 incidents across the region during the August getaway period, from 3 p.m. on Friday, July 31, until midnight on Monday, August 3, according to the regional emergency service. The total was 20.6% lower than the 9,427 incidents coordinated over the same period in 2025. The release noted that last year’s getaway period lasted one day longer, as July 31 fell on a Thursday.
Medical assistance was the most common type of call, with 3,202 incidents, followed by public-safety matters (1,537), traffic incidents (720), fires (431), animal-welfare emergencies (426), road accidents (409), rescues (120), problems with basic services (97) and requests for social services (94), among others. Saturday was the busiest day, with 3,193 incidents. The busiest hour was from noon to 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 2, when 1-1-2 coordinators handled as many as 191 emergencies.
The Andalusian Health Service’s 061 emergency coordination centres received 252 requests for medical assistance following road accidents during the summer’s second getaway period. These included 82 vehicle collisions, 57 motorcycle accidents, 32 vehicles leaving the road and 17 pedestrian collisions, among other causes. Málaga had 74 requests, Cádiz 44 and Seville 35; together, the three provinces accounted for 61% of the total. Granada recorded 31, Almería 27, Huelva 16, Jaén 14 and Córdoba 11.
Primary-care emergency teams were dispatched 80 times to assist road-accident victims, while 061 doctors, nurses and emergency technicians were deployed 25 times, mostly to critical or life-threatening situations. The service also dispatched its medical helicopters twice, in Granada and Málaga. From 3 p.m. on Friday, July 31, through Sunday, August 2, emergency teams provided on-site care to 103 people. Málaga recorded 33 cases, Granada 21, Cádiz 13 and Almería 10; the remaining cases were in Huelva (8), Seville (7), Jaén (6) and Córdoba (5).
The release said 061 has 30 mobile medical teams, five medical helicopters and seven advanced coordination teams, among other resources. It advised people who witness road accidents with possible injuries to call 112. It also recommended avoiding alcohol, following traffic rules, preparing vehicles and taking breaks before long journeys.
The 1-1-2 service is free and operates throughout Europe. In Andalusia, it is available around the clock and can coordinate assistance for medical emergencies, fires, rescues, public safety and civil protection. It uses Advanced Mobile Location technology and offers multilingual assistance in English, French, German, Ukrainian and Arabic, as well as Spanish.