The number of people who died on the roads of mainland France in October rose by 15% compared to the same month in 2019, the reporting year before the pandemic, Road Safety said on Tuesday, November 15. In detail, 295 people died within a month, more than half of them outside the city. 122 of them were car drivers, 58 were pedestrians, and 34 were cyclists.
This figure is very small compared to the same period in 2021 (298 deaths), but compared to 2019 (257), the National Interagency Observatory for Highway Safety (ONISR) published details.
Reduction of physical accidents
The number of accidents with bodily injuries registered by the police and gendarmes, which make up only a part of traffic accidents, on the contrary, decreased to 4,720, that is, 868 less than in 2021. in October and 415 less than in 2019. measures in spring 2020 in response to the spread of Covid-2019 by temporarily reducing travel and encouraging remote work.
“Even if the epidemic is still active, travel and accidents have returned to pre-epidemic levels or even higher, sometimes the changes are related to new habits.“, – notes ONISR. He says in this regard:obsession with using individual modes of transport during short city trips“and for”rural cycling holiday“.
During October 2022, trips were slightly higher than during the same period in 2021 (just under +5% on average compared to October 2021). “This slight upward trend is similar during the week or over the weekend.“, – notes ONISR.
Last month, 33 people were killed in traffic accidents, eight more than in 2021, and ten more than in 2019. The number of injury cases registered by law enforcement bodies is also 269, compared to 244 in October 2021. and 259 in 2019.
Source: Le Figaro
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