Two women injured in car-motorcycle collision in Santa Cruz de La Palma

Two women were injured on Friday, 31 July 2026, after a car and a motorcycle collided on the Circunvalación Norte in the municipality of Santa Cruz de La Palma, according to the Centro Coordinador de Emergencias y Seguridad (CECOES) 112 of the Gobierno de Canarias.

According to official information, the 112 emergency centre received the alert at 15:16, when a caller reported that a car and a motorcycle had collided and that several people required medical assistance. The coordination centre immediately mobilised emergency resources.

Condition of those injured

According to the assessment provided by the Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC), the motorcyclist — a 57-year-old woman — initially presented with moderate injuries, barring complications. She was transported by an SUC advanced life support ambulance to the Hospital General de La Palma.

The second person injured, a 43-year-old woman who was travelling in the car, suffered an anxiety attack and was taken by an SUC basic life support ambulance to the Centro de Salud de Santa Cruz de La Palma.

It is worth noting a discrepancy between sources regarding the hospital where the motorcyclist was taken. The Gobierno de Canarias news portal, El Día, El Time and TV La Palma all name the Hospital General de La Palma, while the version published by elDiario.es (La Palma Ahora) cites the Hospital Universitario de La Palma instead.

Resources deployed

To respond to the incident, CECOES 112 mobilised two SUC units — one advanced life support ambulance and one basic life support ambulance — along with the Policía Local. Police officers managed traffic at the scene and drew up the corresponding accident report to establish the circumstances of the crash.

Discrepancy over exact location

Most sources place the incident on the Circunvalación Norte in Santa Cruz de La Palma. The Gobierno de Canarias news portal, El Día, El Time, TV La Palma and Libertad Digital all agree on that location. The Circunvalación Norte forms part of the road network that handles a significant share of traffic through the island's capital.

A report by Diario Palmero gives a different location, placing the accident on the LP-1 road near the Barranco del Carmen, within the municipality of Santa Cruz de La Palma. According to Wikipedia, the LP-1 (Carretera del Norte de La Palma) is the main dual carriageway on the northern part of the island, linking Santa Cruz de La Palma with the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane.

Based on the information available from the sources consulted, it is not possible to determine the exact sequence of events or the causes of the crash — details that remained pending the completion of the Policía Local's accident report.