A motorcyclist died this Monday following a collision that occurred in the Micro X area, in the Alamar neighborhood, municipality of Habana del Este, according to a report by ARC Noticias in a video shared on social media.
The incident reportedly involved a motorcycle and a jeep-type vehicle. At the time of publication, neither the victim's identity nor the exact circumstances of the collision had been confirmed.
The images from the video show the remains of a destroyed motorcycle on the asphalt and a green jeep stopped on the road, as well as the arrival of two motorcycles and a police patrol at the scene.
At the time of writing this note, the causes of the incident are unknown. Cuban authorities have not issued any statements regarding the accident, and state-run media have also not covered it, which is a common occurrence in such incidents on the island, typically reported only by independent media and social networks.
The accident adds to a string of fatal incidents involving motorcycles in Havana.
In December 2025, a motorcyclist died and his passenger was seriously injured after being struck by a Willys jeep in Marianao.
In June 2025, another driver lost their life in a collision with a bus in the capital. In February 2026, a traffic accident that occurred on the Malecón in Havana resulted in a fatality.
The Alamar neighborhood itself, with more than 100,000 inhabitants, had already been the scene of a traffic fatality in March 2025, when a person was killed while crossing the Vía Blanca in the Loma area of the neighborhood.
Cuba is experiencing a sustained road safety crisis. According to data from the National Road Safety Commission, traffic accidents resulted in 750 deaths in 2025, compared to 634 fatalities in 2024, indicating a continued deterioration.
Motorcycles and mopeds were involved in 63% of the accidents in 2025, caused 32% of the fatalities, and accounted for 42% of the injuries.
The rise of motorcycles as a means of transportation, in the context of the collapse of public transport and without improvements in road infrastructure or traffic education, largely explains this trend.
The new victim in Alamar is yet another reflection of that reality that the Cuban regime neither acknowledges nor addresses transparently.
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