Two seriously injured in motorbike crash on the TF-1 in south Tenerife

A man was seriously injured and a woman suffered moderate injuries in a collision between a motorcycle and a car on the TF-1 motorway in the south of Tenerife yesterday morning, Monday 9th November.

The crash happened at about 8.20am at kilometre 62 of the motorway, in the northbound direction, within the municipality of San Miguel de Abona.

The Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) sent two ambulances to the scene, where paramedics initially assessed the man as having serious multiple injuries. After being stabilised, he was taken by medicalised ambulance to Hospital del Sur for urgent treatment.

The female passenger suffered several injuries classed as moderate at the time of the initial assessment. She was treated at the scene and taken by basic life-support ambulance to Hospiten Sur Hospital in Playa Las Americas for further treatment.

The Guardia Civil attended to regulate traffic and prepare an accident report. Tenerife Cabildo road maintenance staff also marked the scene and cleared the road.

Authorities have not released the ages of the injured people or said what caused the collision. The initial injury assessments describe the patients’ conditions when they were first treated; no later updates on their condition were included in the official incident report.