Car hit a motorcycle on the Padre Manoel da Nóbrega highway, near Praia Grande (SP) - illustrative photo Reproduction/CCI Artesp Baixada Santista closed the first half of 2026 with 139 traffic deaths, an increase of 2.2% compared to last year. Mongaguá, Guarujá and Bertioga had the worst results, while Cubatão, Itanhaém and Peruíbe recorded the main drops, according to data from Infosiga, a platform run by the São Paulo State Traffic Department (Detran-SP). The deaths occurred on both roads and urban roads in the nine cities. Motorcyclists led the statistics, with 66 records (an increase of 17.9%), followed by pedestrians, with 38 deaths (2.7%) and car occupants, with 13 deaths (18.2%). Deaths involving cyclists fell 22.2%, with 21 records. ? Click here to follow the new g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. Numbers by cities In Mongaguá, the number of victims jumped from five to 11 (an increase of 120%). Guarujá went from 15 to 25 deaths (an increase of 66.7%), while Bertioga doubled its records, going from four to eight deaths (an increase of 100%).
Motorcyclist deaths rise 17.9% in Baixada Santista in the 1st half of the year; see data
Car hit a motorcycle on the Padre Manoel da Nóbrega highway, near Praia Grande (SP) - illustrative photo Reproduction/CCI Artesp Baixada Santista closed the first half of 2026 with 139 traffic deaths, an increase of...
In the opposite direction, Itanhaém, Peruíbe and Cubatão recorded the main reductions in the semester. Itanhaém reduced deaths from 13 to eight (a drop of 38.5%), Peruíbe went from 13 to ten victims (a reduction of 23.1%) and Cubatão fell from 17 to 14 deaths (a drop of 17.6%). 10 pieces of advice for motorcyclists Balance of traffic deaths in the 1st semester by city: Deaths in traffic accidents Summary of June In just the sixth month of the year, Baixada Santista recorded 20 traffic deaths, compared to 19 in the same period of 2025. São Vicente and Cubatão led to the regional high in June. In São Vicente, incidents jumped from one to four (300% increase), while in Cubatão they went from one to three victims (200% increase). Praia Grande and Santos reduced deaths in the month. Praia Grande had two victims, half of the four recorded in the previous year (50% drop). In Santos, the reduction was 40%, falling from five to three deaths. Deaths in June VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos
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