As the Bayyana bridge into Almería was briefly closed yesterday due to an invasion of mountain goats that had come down from the mountains in search of food, traffic police in Almería said that they attribute 228 crashes in the last five years to animals.
The most common causes of road traffic accidents were wild boar and mountain goats.
By August this year alone, animals had caused 62 crashes and at least one death.
The most common type of accident was when an animal wandered onto a motorway in the dusk.
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