Fatal traffic accidents along the Los Cabos tourist corridor have sharply increased in the second half of 2025, prompting local authorities to intensify preventive measures and restore stricter traffic enforcement operations.
One recent tragedy occurred on Sunday night, November 9, near El Chileno Beach, one of the busiest stretches of the Transpeninsular Highway. Two vehicles carrying seven people collided, killing one person and injuring several others. Emergency responders arrived quickly, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene due to the severity of their injuries.
Following the crash, Alberto Rentería, Secretary General of the Los Cabos City Council, expressed growing concern over the surge in road accidents, many involving alcohol consumption.
“Today at the security meeting, we discussed this at length,” said Rentería. “We analyzed the data and, more importantly, planned new operations to reinstate breathalyzer tests and random checkpoints. We already have them in place, but now they will extend to the highways.”
Rentería emphasized that alcohol use among drivers has been a key factor in the rise of fatal crashes. “While most citizens had been behaving very well, these alcohol-related accidents have been very infrequent,” he said. “But today we are concerned. Do you remember the one where three people died on the Costa Azul curve? Without a doubt, alcohol was involved, and that alarms us greatly.”
The Cabo San Lucas Early Risers Group, a local civic organization, has renewed its call for the creation of an emergency response center along the tourist corridor. The proposed facility, to be located midway between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, would allow faster reaction times for emergency services during serious collisions.
Currently, response times to major accidents in the area can exceed 20 minutes, a delay that can mean the difference between life and death, especially on weekends when traffic is heaviest.
Data from local emergency departments and civil protection reports show that Los Cabos records an average of four to five traffic accidents per day, many occurring along the corridor and in downtown Cabo San Lucas. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Baja California Sur registered more than 1,200 road accidents in 2024, resulting in over 50 fatalities, a rate that has continued to rise over the past three years.
Municipal police, in coordination with the State Road Safety Directorate, are expected to begin surprise operations and sobriety checkpoints throughout November and December, coinciding with the start of the high tourism season.
What a bunch of Crap that the government will take any steps to police the Cartagena between Cabo and San Jose. Let’s begin with there has never been a police presence on the ‘Highway to Hell’ The shuttle drivers in their Hotel SUV’ Airport Shuttles and local activity busses drive with complete disregard and immunity. No matter what speed you drive, they are inches from your bumper, flashing lights. As there is no vehicle inspection, there are trucks and cars with no lights, turn signals( well giving credit that they actually know to use them) be led on the road either driving at 30 miles an hour or 120 plus. Driving on the corridor is a. Wry dangerous thing to do. Yes, when most workers get 100 pesos a day in wages, live in the worst possible places, go drink and drive is just part of being who they are. The beaches and arroyos and roads are covered with beer and coke cans and yet, no bottling company places a deposit on them to encourage people to not leave it behind or toss it from their car. Cabo wants to be a destination for the very rich, well when this come, see all the garbage, worriedly their children or wife gets killed driving to to Costco, this town will quickly go down the toilet.
I totally agree – the Trucks and Limousines are driven by F1 drivers. THEY ARE NOT DRINKING THEY ARE JUST DANGEROUS- THE POLICE NEED TO STOP THE SPEEDING!!! CARS NOT FIT TO BE ON THE ROAD GO TOO SLOW OR TOO FAST
What a joke, absolutely nothing will change, they will not add check points or additional (meaning anything, as there is nothing being done now, nor has there ever been) enforcement. This road has always been a killer, just more so now! I refuse to drive after dark from Cabo to San Jose and try not to drive it at all, if possible. We need alternate ways/roads, something they have been promising for years!!