General information on the use and management of infrastructure and services

Average event resolution time

The categories of events that could cause disruptions to motorway traffic and/or dangerous situations can be traced back to events such as accidents, broken down vehicles, vehicles on fire, fires, as well as extraordinary events (e.g. flooding, landslides, etc.) that may require partial closure of the carriageway, reducing the lanes available for transit.

Concerning the main events that, in terms of frequency and relevance, interfere with normal traffic (accidents, vehicles on fire, broken down vehicles ...), in 2025 the average resolution time (meant as the time between the event detection and its resolution) was approximately 50 minutes. It should be noted, however, that the resolution time may also deviate significantly from this average value (and be either longer or shorter) on a single event basis. This is due to the degree of complexity of each event, which may depend on multiple external factors, such as the number of vehicles involved, the seriousness of personal injuries, damage to the infrastructure requiring urgent restoration work, hazardous materials dumped into the environment, and the intervention of rescue bodies (traffic police, fire brigade, medical assistance, ASL, etc). Due to the management complexity and to protect everyone’s safety (i.e. the personnel of the bodies involved and the users in transit), these interventions may involve operational methods that affect the overall resolution time.