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Cycling safety in Mallorca: current incident reports and road context
Cyclist crashes reported by the Mallorcan, German and English-language press, an editorial read of the roads that ask most of a rider, and the steps to take after a crash. Sources and dates on every entry.
Call 112. The call is free, works from any mobile even without a SIM, and operators answer in Spanish, English, German and Catalan.
What to do after a crash
Procedural steps only. This page gives no first-aid, medical or legal guidance — the 112 operator will direct you while help is on the way.
- 1Call 112. The call is free, works from any mobile even without a SIM, and operators answer in Spanish, English, German and Catalan.
- 2Give the location first: road number (MA-10, MA-2141), the kilometre marker if you can see one, then the nearest town or climb name. The operator repeats it back — confirm it before you hang up.
- 3For an incident without life-threatening injury on an interurban road, call the Guardia Civil on 062. In town, call 112 and ask for the local police rather than a municipal number — those vary by municipality. Ask how to obtain the report reference; insurers ask for it.
- 4Collect what you will need later: the other vehicle’s registration, the driver’s insurer, witness names and phone numbers, and photographs of the scene, the vehicle and your bike.
- 5Keep every document — hospital paperwork, the police report, receipts, and the rental agreement if the bike is hired — and send them to your insurer or rental shop as early as you can.
We deliberately publish no injury assessment and no first-aid instructions. Ask the 112 operator.
Emergency numbers and hospitals at a glance
The numbers to call and the hospitals reachable from each part of the island. Public hospitals accept the European Health Insurance Card; the full directory sits on the emergency-contacts page.
112Phone · EN spoken Pan-European emergency number. English, Spanish, German and Catalan operators. Use for ambulance, fire, police, or any life-threatening situation. 112 Guardia Civil — 062Phone Guardia Civil de Tráfico — the rural / inter-urban road police you call after a non-life-threatening crash on a Mallorca road outside Palma. 062 Hospital Universitari Son EspasesHospital · EN spoken Public flagship hospital for Mallorca and the Balearic Islands. 24/7 trauma unit, English-speaking staff routinely available, accepts EHIC. +34 871 20 50 00IB-Salut — Son Espases Hospital Son LlàtzerHospital · EN spoken Second large public hospital in Palma. 24/7 emergencies; covers the south and south-east of the island. +34 871 20 20 00IB-Salut — Son Llàtzer Hospital de ManacorHospital · EN spoken Closest public hospital for the east coast — Artà, Capdepera, Manacor, Cala Millor. 24/7 emergencies. +34 971 84 70 00IB-Salut — Hospital de Manacor Hospital Comarcal d'IncaHospital Closest public hospital for the north and Tramuntana foothills — Inca, Lloseta, Selva, Lluc, Pollença. 24/7 emergencies. +34 971 88 85 00IB-Salut — Hospital d'Inca Quirónsalud PalmaplanasClinic · EN spoken Private hospital in Palma popular with cycling tourists. English-speaking staff, accepts most travel-insurance providers directly. +34 971 91 89 00Quirónsalud — Palmaplanas RACE / RACC roadside assistanceRoadside · EN spoken Bike-rental shops in Mallorca typically include 24/7 roadside support — keep the rental shop's number on your phone. For mechanical breakdowns far from a town, the nearest taxi service is usually faster than dispatch.
Latest reported incidents
Showing the 12 most recent of 228 reports on file.
- 3 Oct 2026 · Diario de Mallorca
Unknown ES Herido un ciclista menor de edad al saltarse un stop y chocar con un coche en Son Moix - Diario de Mallorca - 28 Sept 2026 · Mallorcadiario.com
Fatal ES Muere el ciclista de 16 años que chocó contra un muro en Ibiza - Mallorcadiario.com - 28 Sept 2026 · Mallorca Magazin
Unknown DE Auf Straße gestürzt, am Kopf verletzt: Deutscher Radfahrer erleidet Unfall auf Mallorca-Tour - Mallorca Magazin - 28 Sept 2026 · mallorcamagazin.com
Unknown DE Auf Straße gestürzt, am Kopf verletzt: Deutscher Radfahrer erleidet Unfall auf Mallorca-Tour - mallorcamagazin.com - 28 Sept 2026 · mallorcamagazin.com
Unknown DE Ähnliche Nachrichten: Auf Straße gestürzt, am Kopf verletzt: Deutscher Radfahrer erleidet Unfall auf Mallorca-Tour - mallorcamagazin.com - 8 Sept 2026 · Ultima Hora
Fatal ES Muere un ciclista holandés de 66 años tras sufrir una indisposición en el Coll de Sóller - Ultima Hora - 8 Sept 2026 · Diario de Mallorca
Fatal ES Muere un ciclista de una enfermedad súbita cuando recorría el Coll de Sóller - Diario de Mallorca - 30 Aug 2026 · Das Inselradio Mallorca
Unknown DE Radfahrer bei Unfall in der Tramuntana lebensgefährlich verletzt - Das Inselradio Mallorca - 29 Aug 2026 · Mallorca Magazin
Unknown DE Deutscher Radfahrer nach Kollision auf der Straße nach Lluc in Lebensgefahr - Mallorca Magazin - 22 Jul 2026 · IB3
Unknown CA Presó sense fiança per a l’home acusat d’atropellar mortalment un ciclista a Pollença - IB3 - 22 Jul 2026 · Teleprensa
Unknown ES A prisión el acusado de atropellar mortalmente a un ciclista octogenario en Pollença (Mallorca) - Teleprensa - 22 Jul 2026 · larazon.es
Unknown ES Ingresa en prisión un conductor magrebí que atropelló mortalamente a un ciclista en Mallorca y se dio a la fuga - larazon.es
One crash covered by five outlets appears as five reports. Never read the number of reports as a number of crashes.
Reports per year
Reported in press, tracked by us since 21 May 2026
| Year | Press reports | Labelled fatal |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 34 |
| 2025 | 73 | 41 |
Where the roads and the reports are
Two different things on one map. Numbered pins are our editorial road ratings. Exclamation pins are press reports, placed at the centre of the town named in the article.
Road-by-road context for cyclists
Eight corridors that come up repeatedly in cyclist reports and rider questions, ordered by our editorial rating. Read the notes, not the number.
- 1MA-10 Sóller–Lluc–Pollença (Tramuntana tunnels)48 km ·
Editorial rating 5/5 Narrow lane Tunnels Blind corners Fast descent Tour-bus traffic The signature ridge road of the Tramuntana is also the corridor riders ask about most. Unlit tunnels, no shoulder, blind hairpins and a steady summer mix of motorcoaches and rental cars. Avoid descending in fading light; use a rear flasher in every tunnel even at midday. No per-road casualty figures are published for it. - 2MA-2141 — Sa Calobra access road13 km ·
Editorial rating 5/5 Narrow lane Blind corners Fast descent Tour-bus traffic 26 km out-and-back to the sea with a single narrow lane shared between climbing cyclists, descending cars and the daily tourist-boat coaches up from Port de Sóller. The dead-end character means traffic peaks predictably between 10:00–14:00. Start the climb before 09:00 and exit before noon, or wait until after 17:00. - 3MA-10 Andratx–Estellencs21 km ·
Editorial rating 4/5 Narrow lane Blind corners Fast descent Tour-bus traffic The cliff section between Andratx and Estellencs has limited shoulder, near-vertical drops and weekend tourist convoys. The pinch points are the descent toward Estellencs and the exit of the Mirador de Ses Ànimes lookout, where parked cars pull back into traffic without checking. - 4MA-11A — old Coll de Sóller road12 km ·
Editorial rating 4/5 Narrow lane Blind corners Fast descent Rough surface Most through-traffic uses the toll tunnel underneath, but the old road over the Coll de Sóller is the cycling classic — 11 km of switchbacks where loose gravel after rain and riders overshooting hairpins are the standing hazards. Take a wide line on hairpins, never cross the centre line. - 5MA-19 Palma–Llucmajor (cyclist-popular service road)24 km ·
Editorial rating 4/5 Heavy traffic No shoulder Fast descent Cyclists must use the parallel service road, not the main MA-19 motorway. The service road has crossings and intersecting roundabouts where drivers underestimate cyclist speed. Cyclist collisions on this corridor recur in local press reports; no official per-road count is published. - 6MA-1100 Palma–Esporles–Banyalbufar28 km ·
Editorial rating 3/5 Narrow lane No shoulder Heavy traffic Heavy commuter traffic between Palma and Esporles in the morning, then weekend tourist load up to Banyalbufar. Many sections without shoulder; the descent into Banyalbufar has off-camber bends that catch riders running too hot. - 7MA-12 Artà–Capdepera coastal stretch18 km ·
Editorial rating 3/5 Heavy traffic Tour-bus traffic Roundabout cluster East-coast resort corridor — heavy bus and hire-car traffic from Cala Millor through Capdepera all summer. The chain of six roundabouts around Capdepera concentrates the merging and turning movements that put cyclists and vehicles in conflict. - 8MA-13 service road, Inca–Pollença25 km ·
Editorial rating 3/5 Heavy traffic No shoulder Roundabout cluster The cyclist-legal service road parallel to the MA-13 motorway between Inca and the Pollença/Alcúdia roundabouts. Less exposure overall, but the merge points where the service road rejoins the main road are the ones to watch for close passes.
No crash count is attached to any road on this page, because none is published.
Is the MA-10 dangerous for cyclists?
Not a question we can answer with a number. The MA-10 is the Tramuntana ridge road, and its Sóller–Lluc–Pollença section carries our highest editorial rating, 5 of 5, because of unlit tunnels, no shoulder, blind hairpins and summer coach traffic. Thousands of cyclists ride it safely every week. It asks more of your descending, lights and timing than most roads on the island.
- Tunnels: the Sóller–Lluc stretch runs through several short, unlit tunnels with no shoulder. On interurban roads, at night or in poor visibility, Spanish rules require lights and at least one luminous or reflective element visible from 150 m; see our cycling-rules page.
- Traffic mix: tour coaches, hire cars and motorcycles share the same narrow lane, heaviest between 10:00 and 16:00 in season. An early start changes the road more than any equipment choice.
- Closures and weather: rockfall, roadworks and race days close MA-10 sections at short notice, and cloud on the ridge cuts visibility quickly. Check before you commit to the ridge.
- Alternatives: when the ridge does not suit the day, the plains around Sineu, Petra and Sa Pobla give similar distance with far less coach traffic. Our route pages list options by start town.
Planning a safer ride
Most of what changes your exposure is decided before you leave: the hour you start, the forecast, the lights you carry and the road you choose.
What this page can and cannot tell you
This page keeps three things apart. First, a feed of cyclist crashes reported by the local, German and English press — dated and attributed, but not a complete register. Second, an editorial read on road characteristics such as the MA-10 tunnels. Third, what to do after a crash. No official per-road casualty figures exist for Mallorca, so no rate or trend is calculated here.
What this data does not show
Spain’s DGT publishes cyclist casualty totals by region and province, and its microdata is not public, so no verified figure exists for cyclist crashes on a given Mallorcan road. Our official-statistics fields are therefore empty rather than estimated.
Because of all this, this page publishes no accident rate, no per-100,000 figure and no year-on-year change. Any such number would be invented.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I see current cyclist accidents in Mallorca?
In the press-report feed on this page. It collects cyclist-crash articles from Mallorcan, Spanish, Catalan, German and English outlets, newest first, each with its publisher and publication date. It is a record of what was reported, not an official incident register, and it is rebuilt daily rather than live.
How complete is this cycling accident data?
Incomplete, and knowingly so. Only crashes covered by the indexed press appear, so most minor incidents never do. Spain’s DGT publishes cyclist casualty totals only at regional and provincial level and keeps its microdata closed, so there is no complete official denominator for Mallorca and no accident rate can be calculated from this page.
Is the MA-10 dangerous for cyclists?
The MA-10 carries our highest editorial rating, 5 of 5, on the Sóller–Lluc–Pollença section: unlit tunnels, no shoulder, blind hairpins and heavy coach traffic in season. That rating describes the road, not a measured crash risk, and no per-road casualty figures are published. Thousands ride it safely every week; timing, lights and descending skill decide your exposure.
What should I do in an emergency after a crash?
Call 112 — free, works without a SIM, answered in Spanish, English, German and Catalan — and give your location first: road number, kilometre marker, nearest town. For an incident without life-threatening injury on an interurban road, 062 reaches the Guardia Civil de Tráfico. This page gives no first-aid guidance; the operator will direct you.
How fresh are the reports on this page?
The press feed in this build was rebuilt on 2026-10-27 and holds 228 reports. The road notes were last reviewed on 2026-05-21. Both dates are shown at the top of the page. Nothing here is a live feed — for current road status, check the official Consell de Mallorca road service.
Informational only. This page is not medical, legal or emergency advice, gives no first-aid instructions, and is not an official accident register. In a life-threatening situation call 112.