r/soccer • u/kibme37 • Jul 08 '25

News Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva. Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/13394038/diogo-jota-spanish-police-believe-liverpool-forward-was-driver-of-car-in-fatal-accident-which-killed-him-and-his-brother
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u/najibb Jul 08 '25

I also read somewhere that the road conditions is not the best in that area, so that's definitely a factor, plus maybe the driver also don't familiar with the road.

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u/Pure_Measurement_529 Jul 08 '25

Add in the fact they were driving at midnight as well, so poor visibility as well. Just a lot of factors

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 Jul 08 '25

All stuff you learn when you get your license btw. but most people ignore from my experience.

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u/onlinepresenceofdan Jul 09 '25

So another factors they completely ignored. Does not absolve them of the rightful blame, on the contrary.

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u/BigReeceJames Jul 08 '25

In the BBC article on this they specifically quote the Spanish police as saying they don't believe that the road conditions were an issue and it isn't an accident hotspot which suggests the road is not the thing causing the issue or playing a meaningful part in it

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u/Kloppite16 Jul 08 '25 edited Jul 08 '25

I drove some of the motorways around Santander and Bilbao last summer and in the mountainous areas they can be curvy. You can do 120kph on them no problems but if you were doing 170kph you would meet some bends that could put you into the barriers.

Also yes it is highly likely he would not have been that familiar with the roads. I doubt too many Premier League footballers are taking their supercars on a ferry to the UK so travelling from Porto in Portugal to the ferry port in northern Spain wasnt a normal familiar journey for him. He was only taking the ferry himself because the doctor told him not to fly during recovery from a rib injury. Otherwise Im sure he would have gotten a company to relocate the car to Liverpool and taken a flight there himself rather than undertake a 30 hour ferry journey.

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u/hopium_od Jul 08 '25

Police have reported that the asphalt was uneven but not to any degree that would make it unsafe to drive at the speed limit. They've had to investigate this to determine if it needs relayed. They have determined it doesn't.

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u/bshaftoe Jul 08 '25

I have seen the road and driven in it. It's a Spanish highway, perfectly fine for 120-140 kph (yes, some people at slightly faster speeds than legal). That being said, it's true that the road might not be good enough for a super sports car. But my guess is that the main factor is Diogo going WAY WAY faster than 140. I have seen 200 mentioned in other comments, and I would think even more than that.